sonar
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The scientists used high resolution sonar to produce a detailed map of the seafloor.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
Water temperature layers and changing salinity from melting ice interfere with sonar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
"It's an unspoken rule, but it's what we are adhering to for the first time: there will be no active acoustic program on board the ship, no sonar" while in Russian waters, he explained.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
Gene Zilinskas, a retired sonar engineer, is 85 and his wife Dagmar, a former art teacher, is 93.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
With the help of a magnetometer and side-scan sonar, the crew identified a large metal object about four miles off the coast of Sullivan’s Island, located in Charleston Harbor.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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