How to Use side-scan sonar in a Sentence

side-scan sonar

noun

• This time, though, a first-of-its kind- side-scan sonar worked.
  — CBS News, 22 Sep. 2022
• Then the researchers took to the water with side-scan sonar to find the remains.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
• There were no obvious signs of tusks on the side-scan sonar.
  — Curbed, 18 Jan. 2023
• Sides surveyed rivers and lakes in and around town using side-scan sonar.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
• Around the same time, Mr. Lawton asked Garry Kozak, an expert in the use of side-scan sonar, for his help in the search.
  — Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 19 July 2019
• Searchers have been using side-scan sonar, as well as drones and other tools.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2023
• The Sandusky Fire Department's dive team used side-scan sonar, but was unable to find the man.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• The vehicle uses a side-scan sonar which records a specific search area of the ocean floor.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 21 Oct. 2019
• The advent of side-scanning sonar kicked the bream-bed search protocol into a high-tech gear.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2020
• But forward-looking and side-scan sonar is getting there.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2023
• Recovery crews over the past week had traced and retraced the two-mile stretch of water between the dam and West Washington Street with a side-scan sonar.
  — Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2021
• Thanks to the side-scan sonar, Wright completed her task to bring back the first high-resolution mapping of Challenger Deep.
  — Bry'onna Mention, Essence, 26 Sep. 2022
• The search used divers and boat crews using side-scan sonar, with aerial support from state police and Coast Guard helicopter crews.
  — Irene Rotondo, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
• In January, a dive-rescue team brought a side-scan sonar from Maryland to scour a likely area, peering into the depths with no luck.
  — Joanne Kimberlin, baltimoresun.com, 9 Apr. 2021
• But one of the best tools to do that is side-scan sonar, and typically the instruments can't survive the harsh environment.
  — CBS News, 22 Sep. 2022
• After a search that involved side-scan sonar, police found Campbell’s body on July 24.
  — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• His body was recovered late Wednesday evening, using side-scan sonar.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• The side-scan sonar, which is higher frequency, louder, and pings fifty-six times in eighty seconds, didn’t travel far in Scoresby Sound.
  — Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
• Similar to how a side-scan sonar finds objects in the water, remote sensing creates a map of what lies beneath.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
• Using multi-beam and side-scan sonar readings, and video, the Navy’s maritime archaeologists expect to get a fuller picture of the holes in the hull.
  — Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• After hours of searching the seafloor with side-scan sonar, Kogvik and his colleagues found Terror, about 80 feet underwater.
  — National Geographic, 8 Aug. 2019
• The craft will be outfitted with a 1,000-gallon-per-minute pump for firefighting and side-scan sonar for search-and-recovery efforts.
  — John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2020
• The search included a coordinated side-scan sonar search of the waters and a cutter, small boat, and helicopter from the Coast Guard, the statement said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2021
• Multiple agencies contributed to the search for Kiely over the last two weeks, including dive teams and swimmers who also scanned the lake with side-scan sonar, Brown said.
  — Amir Vera and Kacey Cherry, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022
• Authorities found Campbell’s body with side-scan sonar, according to the agency.
  — Josh Cradduck, NBC News, 25 July 2023
• Police used a side-scan sonar from a boat to locate him and divers from the department’s underwater recovery unit recovered his body, which was about 100 feet from the shore at a depth of about 8 feet.
  — Celina Tebor, CNN, 25 July 2023
• The side-scan sonar allows crews to target, and search for, objects with a specific size profile, Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
• Variations of side-scan sonar devices can map a distance ranging from 10 meters to 60 kilometers.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2022
• Bass and Panfish Club members armed with fish finders capable of down-scan and side-scan sonar went out with the researchers Tuesday and recorded a number of similar-sized objects.
  — oregonlive, 6 Nov. 2021
• Divers were investigating any anomalies detected by the side-scan sonar, state police said.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 May 2023

Last Updated: 22 Sep 2024