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TI Bottom and Suspended Sediment Backscatter Measurements in a Flume—Towards Quantitative Bed and Water Column Properties
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AF Van Dijk, Thaiënne A. G. P.
   Roche, Marc
   Lurton, Xavier
   Fezzani, Ridha
   Simmons, Stephen M.
   Gastauer, Sven
   Fietzek, Peer
   Mesdag, Chris
   Berger, Laurent
   Klein Breteler, Mark
   Parsons, Dan R.
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C1 Department of Applied Geology and Geophysics, Deltares, 3584 BK Utrecht, The Netherlands
   Department of Earth Science and Environmental Change, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61801, USA
   Continental Shelf Service, FPS Economy, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
   Independent Researcher, 29280 Locmaria-Plouzane, France
   Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), 29280 Plouzane, France
   Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
   Thünen Institute for Sea Fisheries, 27572 Bremerhaven, Germany
   Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Integrated Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA 92037, USA
   Kongsberg Discovery, 22529 Hamburg, Germany
   Department of Coastal Structures and Waves, Deltares, 2629 HV Delft, The Netherlands
C2 DELTARES, NETHERLANDS
   UNIV ILLINOIS, USA
   FPS ECONOMY, BELGIUM
   Independent Researcher, 29280 Locmaria-Plouzane, France
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV HULL, UK
   THUNEN INST SEA FISHERIES, GERMANY
   UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, USA
   KONGSBERG DISCOVERY, GERMANY
   DELTARES, NETHERLANDS
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SE PDG-DFO-NSE-ASTI
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UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00885/99680/109729.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00885/99680/109730.zip
LA English
DT Article
DE ;multibeam backscatter;flume experiment;underwater habitat mapping;water column;suspended sediment plumes
AB For health and impact studies of water systems, monitoring underwater environments is essential, for which multi-frequency single- and multibeam echosounders are commonly used state-of-the-art technologies. However, the current scarcity of sediment reference datasets of both bottom backscatter angular response and water column scattering hampers empirical data interpretation. Comprehensive reference data derived from measurements in a controlled environment should optimize the use of empirical backscatter data. To prepare for such innovative experiments, we conducted a feasibility experiment in the Delta Flume (Deltares, The Netherlands). Several configurations of sonar data were recorded of the flume floor and suspended sediment plumes. The results revealed that flume reverberation was sufficiently low and that the differential settling of fine-sand plumes in the water column was clearly detected. Following this successful feasibility test, future comprehensive experiments will feature multi-frequency multi-angle measurements on a variety of sediment types, additional scatterers and sediment plumes, resulting in reference datasets for an improved interpretation of underwater backscatter measurements for scientific observation and sustainable management. 
PY 2024
PD APR
SO Journal Of Marine Science And Engineering
SN 2077-1312
PU MDPI AG
VL 12
IS 4
UT 001210652600001
DI 10.3390/jmse12040609
ID 99680
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