CONTENTS 



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PREFACE 1 



CONVERSION FACTORS, NON-SI TO SI (METRIC) 



UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 3 



PART I : INTRODUCTION 4 



Current Coastal Engineering Applications 4 



Background 5 



PART II : SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 6 



Sonar Components 5 



Platform Types and Means of Deployment 6 



Operating Personnel 8 



PART . Ill : OPERATIONS 9 



Idealized Example 9 



Limitations and Problems ; Recommended Practices 11 



Rules of Thumb 14 



PART IV : DATA INTERPRETATION 15 



PART V: POTENTIAL COASTAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS 19 



PART VI : EVALUATION RESULTS FOR AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT 20 



Introduction 20 



EG6cG Model 260 Image Correcting Digital SSS System 20 



KLEIN Model 590 Digital SSS 20 



KLEIN Models 520 and 530 Analog SSS 21 



MESOTECH Model 971 Scanning Sonar 22 



ULVERTECH Dual Scanning Sonar Profiler 22 



PART VII : SUMMARY 24 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 25 



