0 a piece of equipment, especially on a ship, that uses sound waves to discover water depth or the position of an object in the water
A catamaran hull was chosen to give a wide working area aft and allow the multibeam echo sounder to be retracted between the hulls.
Measurements on the mass balance of the glacier, as well as more detailed ice thickness measurements using a portable radar echo sounder, were undertaken.
In addition to the single beam echo sounder, there are echo sounders that are capable of receiving many return pings.
The site was resurveyed in 2006 using a sub-bottom profiler and in 2007 using a multibeam echo sounder, sidescan sonar and a caesium magnetometer.
The characteristics of the 1953 landslide scar were investigated using a high resolution multibeam echo sounder.
The boat was equipped with up-to-date technology including radar and an echo sounder.
The basic components of the scientific echo sounder hardware function is to transmit the sound, receive, filter and amplify, record, and analyze the echoes.
Using a portable echo sounder, the team took measurements of the volume of the glacier.
