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Synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) is a form of sonar in which sophisticated post-processing of sonar data are used in ways closely analogous to synthetic aperture radar. Synthetic aperture sonars combine a number of acoustic pings to form an image with much higher along-track resolution than conventional sonars. The along-track resolution can approach half the length of one sonar element, though is downward limited by 1/4 wavelength. The principle of synthetic aperture sonar is to move the sonar while illuminating the same spot on the sea floor with several pings. When moving along a straight line, those pings that have the image position within the beamwidth constitutes the synthetic array. By coherent reorganization of the data from all the pings, a synthetic aperture image is produced with improved along-track resolution. In contrast to conventional side-scan sonar, SAS processing provides range-independent along-track resolution. At maximum range the resolution can be magnitudes better than that of side-scan sonars. For further reading, the Open Access Article: ''Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Sonar''〔Roy Edgar Hansen (2011), ''Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Sonar'', Sonar Systems, N. Z. Kolev (Ed.), ISBN 978-953-307-345-3, InTech. Open access article, available from: (http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/introduction-to-synthetic-aperture-sonar ).〕 can be recommended as introduction for people familiar with Sonar Systems. For academics, the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering article: ''Synthetic Aperture Sonar, A Review of Current Status''〔M. P. Hayes and P. T. Gough, ''Synthetic Aperture Sonar: A Review of Current Status'', IEEE J. Ocean. Eng., vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 207-224, July 2009. (Access abstract. )〕 gives an overview of the history and an extensive list of references for the community achievements up to 2009. ==See also== * beamforming * phased array * side-scan sonar * sonar * underwater acoustics 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Synthetic aperture sonar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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