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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
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Searchers have been using side-scan sonar, as well as drones and other tools.
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2023
But forward-looking and side-scan sonar is getting there.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2023
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
Anyone who has found success with the technology will agree the forward-facing concept is a significant improvement over conventional down scan and side-scan sonar introduced more than a decade ago.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2022
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
Wreckage believed to be of the W.E. Marsh No. 4 was discovered by happenstance near the lake's marina in 2014 using side-scan sonar, while a state park crew was searching for a keel that had fallen off a sailboat, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2022
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
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
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2023
But forward-looking and side-scan sonar is getting there.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2023
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
Anyone who has found success with the technology will agree the forward-facing concept is a significant improvement over conventional down scan and side-scan sonar introduced more than a decade ago.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2022
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
Wreckage believed to be of the W.E. Marsh No. 4 was discovered by happenstance near the lake's marina in 2014 using side-scan sonar, while a state park crew was searching for a keel that had fallen off a sailboat, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2022
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
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
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First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above
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“Side-scan sonar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side-scan%20sonar. Accessed 30 Mar. 2023.
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