Collaborative Research: Design Study for a Portable Swath Bathymetric Imaging System for Sturgeon Class Submarines

建议书编号OPP-9622604首席调查员：科克利，B.摘要这项提案寻求支持一项潜载条带测深成像系统(SWAB)的设计研究，该系统将在未来非机密科学巡航北冰洋期间用于美国海军核动力潜艇。该系统将是一个演示设计的改编，即SeaMARCTM拖曳侧视声纳系统。拖曳平台可以容易地改装成安装在潜艇上的船体。拟议的12 khz侧视声纳将获得联合注册的海底水深测量和后向散射，横跨20公里宽的狭长条带。如果为1997年的巡航安装拭子，海底科学计划(SUBSCI)的其余三次巡航可以收集超过80万平方公里的数据，覆盖这些巡航的北极盆地深处作业区的一大部分。这项研究的最终结果将是一组文件，证明在1997年潜艇巡航任务的潜艇上安装条带测深成像系统的可行性。

Proposal No. OPP-9622604 Principal Investigator: Coakley, B. ABSTRACT This proposal seeks support for a design study of a submarine-mounted SWAth Bathymetric Imaging System (SWABS) to be used on US Navy nuclear-powered submarines during future unclassified science cruises to the Arctic Ocean. The system would be an adaptation of a demonstrated design, the SeaMARCTM towed side-looking sonar system. Towed platforms can be readily adapted for hull mounting on a submarine. The proposed 12kHz side-looking sonar will acquire co-registered bathymetry and backscatter of the seafloor across a swath up to 20km wide. If the SWABS is installed for the 1997 cruise, the remaining three cruises in the Submarine Science program (SUBSCI) could collect more than 800,000 km2 of data, covering a large fraction of the deep Arctic Basin operational area for these cruises. The final result of this study will be a set of documents that demonstrate the feasibility of installing a swath bathymetric imaging system on the submarine assigned to the 1997 SUBSCI cruise.