Bubbly Gulch Multibeam Rotary Sonar Deployed 2012-06-03

The Imagenex Delta-T 837B Sonar 4772 was deployed on 2012-06-03 at Bubbly Gulch. Bubbly Gulch is a location at Clayoquot Slope, which is a main source area for gas flares. This device is a Multibeam Rotary Sonar. Multibeam Rotary Sonars (MRS) are devices used in underwater imaging. The use of wide beam and high speed, allows the display of an image from a wide field of view in a video-like fashion. Mounted on a platform, a multibeam transducer rotates at fixed increments and intervals to survey up to 360 degrees. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 2.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

Imagenex Delta-T 837B型声呐（Sonar）4772于2012年6月3日部署于气泡峡谷（Bubbly Gulch）。气泡峡谷坐落于克劳科特斜坡（Clayoquot Slope），该区域为天然气喷溢的主要源区。该设备属于多波束旋转声呐（Multibeam Rotary Sonar, MRS），这类设备专用于水下成像作业。其搭载宽波束技术并以高速运行，可通过类视频的可视化形式呈现宽视场范围内的成像结果。多波束换能器搭载于平台时，会以固定步长与间隔旋转，实现最大360度的海域勘测。本次部署将该声呐搭载于固定式平台，采集所得数据已完成归档，并通过加拿大海洋网络（Ocean Networks Canada）的Oceans 2.0数字基础设施对外开放；所有数据均遵循既定规范完成质量管控，并衍生出配套数据产品。