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Realtimeechointegrationandtargetstrengthanalysisinanunlimitednumberoflayers
isprovidedaswellasstorageofrawdataforreplayoranalysisinoneofseveral
post-processingsoftwarepackages.Severalpost-processingalternativesareavailable
forsurveyanalysisandreporting.
BymeansofacommonandwelldocumentedRAWdataformat,EK80datacanbe
collectedandintegratedacrossavarietyofacousticplatforms.
TheSimradEK80canoperatealargenumberoffrequenciessimultaneouslyranging
from10to500kHz.Awideselectionofhighqualityaccuratetransducersisavailable.
TheEK80usesMicrosoft
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Windows
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operatingsystem.Itcanoperatewithsingle
and/orsplitbeamtransducers,andprovidesyouwithadedicatedbuilt-inapplicationfor
calibration.TheEK80isspecicallysuitedforpermanentinstallationonboardaresearch
vessel.Itisstillcompactandanaturalchoiceforportableuse.
TheSimradEK80iswellsuitedforanumberofapplications:
•Assessmentofshbiomassanddistribution
•Speciesidenticationanddiscrimination
•Planktonresearch
•Habitatmapping
•Behavioralstudies
•Environmentalresearch
•Oilandgasdetection
Theechosoundersystemismodular,andyoucanassembleanycombinationsof
transceiversandtransducerstotyourpurposes.Inatypicalconguration,theEK80
comprises:
ADisplay
BOneProcessorUnit
COneormoretransceiverunits
DAnEthernetswitch(ifmorethanonetransceiverisused)
EOneormoresingle-orsplitbeamtransducers
TheEK80canworkwithseveraltransceivers.Thisincludesrelevanthardwarefor
acousticDopplercurrentproling(ADCP)operation.
Relatedtopics
SimradEK80,page13
Mainsystemunits,page19
Scopeofsupply,page25
SimradEK80InstallationManual