Seapix

SeapiX-R

Volume 3D sonar for fishery research
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Overview

SeapiX-R provides accurate water column coverage, biomass assessment, seabed mapping and characterization.

SeapiX-R is the first compact civilian system comprising a dual Mills Cross multibeam sonar transducer offering total liberty of control. Its multiple advanced modulation modes, including CHIRP, combined with Doppler processing, are guarantees of the highest possible detection performance, even in difficult conditions.

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Specifications

Main performances
 
Aperture
120°x120°
angular
aperture
 
 
Beam
resolution
1.6°
angular
 
 
Frequency
145 to 155
kHz

FEATURES

  •  120°x1.5 volume coverage
  •  Target strength split beam measurement in all beams (TS)
  •  Volume backscattering strength measurement (SV)
  •  In-situ calibration on a standard target (tungsten carbide 22mm)
  •  Backscattering strength measurement (BS) and bathymetry (IHO special order: 1a in stand alone)
  •  Real-time single-echo detection
  •  Highly configurable (scenarios, data needed, real-time streams)
  •  No blind zone

DATA VISUALIZATION

  •  3D shoal behavior and fish avoidance study
  •  Displaying acoustic swaths, echograms, GBA outputs and seabed bathymetry/backscatter values
  • Data format export to Echoview and Movie 3D
  • Real-time stream to Delph interpretation and Olex

Downloads

Seapix-R datasheet

Applications

Bandicam

SeapiX volumic 3D sonar images volcanic lake in Germany

In collaboration with four French, Belgian and German geoscience laboratories, iXblue’s Sonar Systems division recently mobilized its SeapiX volumic 3D sonar to image a volcanic lake in the Eifel region (Germany). The main goal was to detect gas bubbles that would help better understand the volcano activity.

echoview

Fishery and oceanographic research

FEATURES

  • Water column echo-integration and TS measurements with split beam, fully stabilized
  • Real-time species classification
  • Raw data recording, HAC and EVD exports for Echoview post processing
  • Hull-mounting or mobile transducer configurations
classfication

Seabed description

FEATURES

  • Bathymetry
  • Seabed hardness
  • Discrimination and classification of the seabed
  • Side scan imaging
echoes 10 000

Echoes Series

SAMS

Sams Series

Bibliography

  • Tallon et al. (2020) Acoustic density estimation of dense fish shoals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 148, EL234. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001935
  • Tallon et al. (2020) Mesoscopic wave physics in fish shoals. American Institute of Physics Advances 10, 055208 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005145
  • Charlot et al. (2019) Sea Bottom Sound Velocity Estimation Using High Resolution Multiswath Multibeam Bathymetric Echosounder. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #OS13B-1533.
  • Charlot et al. (2019) Real-time Reduction of Sound Refraction Errors in Bathymetric Measurements Using Multiswath Multibeam Echosounder. OCEANS 2019 - Marseille, Marseille, France, 2019, pp. 1-7.
  • Matte (2019) 3D Multibeam Echo Sounder Data Processing Using Distributed Computing. Application To False Alarm Reduction And Unsupervised Underwater Object Recognition For Safe Navigation. IEEE OCEANS 2019 - Marseille, France, pp. 1-7. doi: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2019.8867293.
  • Nguyen Trung-Kien et al. (2016) Seabed Classification using a steerable Multibeam Echo Sounder. OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, doi:10.1109/oceans.2016.7761020.
  • Mosca et al. (2016) Scientific potential of a new 3d multibeam echosounder in fisheries and ecosystem research. Fisheries Research 178, 130-141.

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