sonar
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The team says this is the first time sonar mapping and satellite imagery have been brought together in this way to examine Lough Neagh and "attempt to quantify the range of potential impacts".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
"We watched them, we were able to track them, we dropped sonar buoys to demonstrate to them that we were monitoring every hour of their operation."
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
The scientists used high resolution sonar to produce a detailed map of the seafloor.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
The ships and sub all survey surrounding waters using their sonar arrays, supplemented by signals from sonar buoys that they and aircraft drop nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
It was in 1967 that Dr. Edgerton used side-scan sonar to help Andrew McKee find the long-sought-for Mary Rose.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - Introductory
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