How to Use side-scan sonar in a Sentence
side-scan sonar
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This time, though, a first-of-its kind- side-scan sonar worked.
— CBS News, 22 Sep. 2022 -
In the morning, side-scan sonar was used to narrow the search area.
— John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023 -
Then the researchers took to the water with side-scan sonar to find the remains.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022 -
There were no obvious signs of tusks on the side-scan sonar.
— Curbed, 18 Jan. 2023 -
Sides surveyed rivers and lakes in and around town using side-scan sonar.
— Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021 -
Around the same time, Mr. Lawton asked Garry Kozak, an expert in the use of side-scan sonar, for his help in the search.
— Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 19 July 2019 -
Searchers have been using side-scan sonar, as well as drones and other tools.
— Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2023 -
The Sandusky Fire Department's dive team used side-scan sonar, but was unable to find the man.
— Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018 -
The vehicle uses a side-scan sonar which records a specific search area of the ocean floor.
— Alaa Elassar, CNN, 21 Oct. 2019 -
The advent of side-scanning sonar kicked the bream-bed search protocol into a high-tech gear.
— T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2020 -
But forward-looking and side-scan sonar is getting there.
— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Recovery crews over the past week had traced and retraced the two-mile stretch of water between the dam and West Washington Street with a side-scan sonar.
— Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2021 -
Thanks to the side-scan sonar, Wright completed her task to bring back the first high-resolution mapping of Challenger Deep.
— Bry'onna Mention, Essence, 26 Sep. 2022 -
The search used divers and boat crews using side-scan sonar, with aerial support from state police and Coast Guard helicopter crews.
— Irene Rotondo, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023 -
In January, a dive-rescue team brought a side-scan sonar from Maryland to scour a likely area, peering into the depths with no luck.
— Joanne Kimberlin, baltimoresun.com, 9 Apr. 2021 -
But one of the best tools to do that is side-scan sonar, and typically the instruments can't survive the harsh environment.
— CBS News, 22 Sep. 2022 -
After a search that involved side-scan sonar, police found Campbell’s body on July 24.
— Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023 -
His body was recovered late Wednesday evening, using side-scan sonar.
— Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023 -
The side-scan sonar, which is higher frequency, louder, and pings fifty-six times in eighty seconds, didn’t travel far in Scoresby Sound.
— Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021 -
Similar to how a side-scan sonar finds objects in the water, remote sensing creates a map of what lies beneath.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022 -
Using multi-beam and side-scan sonar readings, and video, the Navy’s maritime archaeologists expect to get a fuller picture of the holes in the hull.
— Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017 -
After hours of searching the seafloor with side-scan sonar, Kogvik and his colleagues found Terror, about 80 feet underwater.
— National Geographic, 8 Aug. 2019 -
The craft will be outfitted with a 1,000-gallon-per-minute pump for firefighting and side-scan sonar for search-and-recovery efforts.
— John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2020 -
The search included a coordinated side-scan sonar search of the waters and a cutter, small boat, and helicopter from the Coast Guard, the statement said.
— BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2021 -
Multiple agencies contributed to the search for Kiely over the last two weeks, including dive teams and swimmers who also scanned the lake with side-scan sonar, Brown said.
— Amir Vera and Kacey Cherry, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 -
Authorities found Campbell’s body with side-scan sonar, according to the agency.
— Josh Cradduck, NBC News, 25 July 2023 -
Police used a side-scan sonar from a boat to locate him and divers from the department’s underwater recovery unit recovered his body, which was about 100 feet from the shore at a depth of about 8 feet.
— Celina Tebor, CNN, 25 July 2023 -
The side-scan sonar allows crews to target, and search for, objects with a specific size profile, Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt.
— Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020 -
Variations of side-scan sonar devices can map a distance ranging from 10 meters to 60 kilometers.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2022 -
Bass and Panfish Club members armed with fish finders capable of down-scan and side-scan sonar went out with the researchers Tuesday and recorded a number of similar-sized objects.
— oregonlive, 6 Nov. 2021
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