Simrad EK80 - Replaying EK80 data

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resolution.Continuousfrequencyresponsesoverawidebandimprovetargetidentication
anddiscrimination.SplitbeamcalibrationisimplementedforbothFMandCWmodes.
Realtimeechointegrationandtargetstrengthanalysisinanunlimitednumberof
layersisprovidedaswellasstorageofrawdataforreplayoranalysisinoneofseveral
post-processingsoftwarepackages.Severalpost-processingalternativesareavailablefor
surveyanalysisandreporting.
BymeansofacommonandwelldocumentedRAWdataformat,EK80datacanbecollected
andintegratedacrossavarietyofacousticplatforms.
TheSimradEK80canoperatealargenumberoffrequenciessimultaneouslyrangingfrom
10to500kHz.Awideselectionofhighqualityaccuratetransducersisavailable.
TheEK80usesMicrosoft
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Windows
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operatingsystem.Itcanoperatewithsingleand/or
splitbeamtransducers,andprovidesyouwithadedicatedbuilt-inapplicationforcalibration.
TheEK80isspecicallysuitedforpermanentinstallationonboardaresearchvessel.Itis
stillcompactandanaturalchoiceforportableuse.
TheSimradEK80iswellsuitedforanumberofapplications:
•Assessmentofshbiomassanddistribution
•Speciesidenticationanddiscrimination
•Planktonresearch
•Habitatmapping
•Behavioralstudies
•Environmentalresearch
•Oilandgasdetection
Theechosoundersystemismodular,andyoucanassembleanycombinationsoftransceivers
andtransducerstotyourresearchpurposes.Inatypicalconguration,theEK80will
comprise:
ADisplay
BOneProcessorUnit
CAnEthernetswitch
DOneormoretransceiverunits
EOneormoresingle-orsplitbeamtransducers
TheEK80canworkwiththeSimradGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT),theWideBand
Transceiver(WBT)andtheEK15Transceiver.
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