Sonar Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Sonar.

  • 3 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

1,668 words, approx. 6 pages
The Development of Radar and Sonar Overview Although they rely on two fundamentally different types of wave transmission, Radio Detection And Ranging (RADAR) and Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR) b... Read more
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Sonar The concept of using sound to determine the depth of a lake or ocean was first proposed in the early nineteenth century by the French physicist Francois Arago (1786-1853); however, for nearly a ... Read more
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Sonar Sonar is a remote sensing technique based on the echolocation of sound waves in water. The name Sonar is short for SOund Navigation And Ranging and is closely related to the technology of RADAR ... Read more