side-scan sonar
noun
: a sonar that scans the ocean floor to the side of a ship's track and is used especially for mapping the ocean bottom
Examples of side-scan sonar in a Sentence
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Searchers used thermal and side-scan sonar technologies on the land and water near where Hughes' vehicle was found.
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The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
On Thursday morning, deputies utilized a side-scan sonar, which is used to detect & image objects on the lake floor, and his body was announced to have been found hours later.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
Dive searches were conducted in areas identified by side-scan sonar, both in the morning and afternoon, yet no new information has surfaced after the CV-22 Osprey aircraft crashed on Wednesday, the 10th Regional Coast Guard told ABC News.
—Anthony Trotter, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2023
In the morning, side-scan sonar was used to narrow the search area.
—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
There were no obvious signs of tusks on the side-scan sonar.
—Curbed, 18 Jan. 2023
Divers were investigating any anomalies detected by the side-scan sonar, state police said.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 May 2023
After a search that involved side-scan sonar, police found Campbell’s body on July 24.
—Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
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
The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
On Thursday morning, deputies utilized a side-scan sonar, which is used to detect & image objects on the lake floor, and his body was announced to have been found hours later.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
Dive searches were conducted in areas identified by side-scan sonar, both in the morning and afternoon, yet no new information has surfaced after the CV-22 Osprey aircraft crashed on Wednesday, the 10th Regional Coast Guard told ABC News.
—Anthony Trotter, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2023
In the morning, side-scan sonar was used to narrow the search area.
—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
There were no obvious signs of tusks on the side-scan sonar.
—Curbed, 18 Jan. 2023
Divers were investigating any anomalies detected by the side-scan sonar, state police said.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 May 2023
After a search that involved side-scan sonar, police found Campbell’s body on July 24.
—Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
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
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