基于SonarWiz的多波束声纳图像智能底质分类技术研究

多波束回波强度信息与海底底质类型具有较强的相关性,通过海底声纳图像能够实现底质类型的划分.为提高海底底质分类质量,依托SonarWiz的智能底质分类优势,在海底声纳图像纹理特征自动分类基础上,引入地形属性信息修正分类结果.以三亚崖州湾附近海域为例,基于实测海底地形数据和海底表面声纳图像,利用数据处理技术和图像分类方法,...     

基于浅剖数据的海底底质分类研究与应用

海底浅部沉积物声学研究是海洋地质、水下工程地质、海底矿产资源、军事地质等领域重要的研究内容,海底底质的识别与分类是海洋科学研究的热点问题。相比多波束探测仪,浅地层剖面仪的声源发射频率更低,具有穿透底质能力强的特点,这一特性更有利于进行准确和可靠的海底底质分类。通过浅剖数据进行底质分类技术研究,有望实现目标研究区面向全海域的海底底质分类推广应用。本文在浅剖数据振幅校正处理的基础上,消除了不同采集时间及采集参数对浅剖数据振幅一致性的影响,在层位约束下提取均方根振幅属性,进行研究区海底底质类型识别。初步的取样结果表明：研究区有2类不同的底质类型,分别为黏土和粉砂质黏土。本文对浅剖数据的底质分类结果分区明显且自然,在不同类型底质区的取样处对应不同的均方根振幅强度,黏土取样区的浅剖振幅属性为强振幅,粉砂质黏土取样区的浅剖振幅属性为弱振幅,底质分类结果与地质取样匹配良好。利用本文的浅剖处理与属性提取方法能够有效地实现海洋底质分类。     

海底表层底质探测系统的性能试验与评价

通过海上比对试验,对海底表层底质探测系统的主要技术性能指标进行了客观的评价。主要测试项目包括底质采样与识别、走航测量、底质识别最大深度和重复一致性等。     

介绍几种典型的海底底质分类技术

本文主要介绍了四家海洋仪器公司的最新海底底质分类技术。它们分别利用多波束的反向散射强度数据、单波束的回声波形结构数据和旁侧声纳数据。采用了多参数统计分析、波形结构分析和影像属性分析等方法，实现了快速、高效、大面积地对海底底质进行间接的分类。尽管它们的技术各不相同，但都可以分为监督分类方式和非监督分类方式。     

不同海底底质类型水深数据特征分析

在典型的实验海区，使用双频测深仪和箱式取样器，对海底进行同步探测，获取双频测深仪不同底质类型数据。比较了式取样器海底底质样品，归纳出海底基岩、沙、粘土的双频测深仪水深数据和双频测深仪海底模拟记录图象特征，该特征可为双频测深仪识别海底底质类型提供先验认识。     

多波束反向散射强度数据处理研究

在探讨多波束测深系统反向散射强度与海底底质类型的关系基础上,研究影响反向散射强度的各种因素,主要分析了海底地形起伏、中央波束区反射信号对反向散射强度的影响,并给出了消除这些影响的方法;将处理后的“纯”反向散射强度数据镶嵌生成海底声像图,为海底底质类型划分以及地貌解译提供了基础数据和辅助判读依据.     

海底底质声学性质原位测量技术研究

系统介绍了海底底质声学性质原位测量技术，提出了新的原位测量方法，并根据这一测量方法，初步设计制作了相应的海底原位测量仪器。利用初步制作的测量仪器在实验室内对砂质沉积物进行了模拟测量试验，仪器测量得到的沉积物声速与直接透射法测量获得的声速基本一致。在宁波近海海域进行了海上实际测量试验，获得了该测量区域海底底质的声速，验证了此测量技术的可行性，为进一步研发先进的海底原位测量仪器奠定了基础。     

顾及声图纹理特征的海底底质分类方法研究

针对目前海底底质分类要素单一造成的底质分类类别不够细致和底质信息获取效率低等问题,提出一种顾及声图纹理特征的海底底质分类方法,综合利用海底底质来源、地理等属性以及声图纹理特征等分类要素,进一步细化海底底质类别,解决了海底底质分类信息混淆或表达不充分等问题。实例数据分析表明,该分类方法克服了传统方法单一考虑底质粒度信息的缺点,可以真实反映海底底质的时空变化特性以及一定范围内的表面起伏特征,并且所包含的海底底质分类信息量更全面,从而可以为用户提供直接形象的海底底质信息。     

海洋底质测量专用标准规范研究

研究海洋底质测量专用标准体系构成及作业规范技术要点.分析专用海洋底质测量的任务构成和技术特点,依据底质测量的专用需求和国内外底质测量技术规范与数据格式标准的发展趋势,对海洋底质测量专用标准体系构成、数据格式标准及作业技术规程进行了探讨.     

海底地形图表达方法探讨

为实现海底地形多样化表示与服务,丰富海底地形图表示样式,分析了海底地形图的主要内容,研究了海底地形图可视化表达机制。结合多源海底地貌与底质数据的特点,提出了基于颜色扩展联合图形符号、可灵活组合的海底地形图表示策略,给出了水深注记、等深线、深度区、海底底质这4类主要海底地形要素的具体表达方法。试验表明,设计的可视化表达方法能实现不同类型、不同来源、不同质量差异的多类型海底地形数据的有效表达,为海底地形数据的多样化表达提供参考。     

海底底质声学原位测量电路控制系统研究

介绍了一种液压驱动贯入式海底沉积声学原位测量系统的电路控制单元的研究实现过程,以及该控制单元在南海北部海底沉积声学调查中的应用。该电路控制单元以Cortex-A8处理器为核心,集成大容量FLASH存储器,与单片机接口控制板进行串口通讯,实现对声学发射采集单元和机械液压贯入单元的可视化控制和监测。基于该电路控制单元,海底底质声学原位测量系统兼具自容式和在线式两种工作模式,可自容记录或实时采集声学原位测量单元在海底的工作状态数据、海底沉积物声速和声衰减系数等声学特性数据。该声学原位测量系统的实验室联调及南海海试结果表明,使用该电路控制单元对海底底质声学测量过程的监测与控制是有效的,对精确获取海底底质的原位声学特性有重要作用,可以促进海底底质声学原位测量系统的产品化。     

济州岛南部海域海底声呐图像分析与声学底质分类

东海北部外陆架靠近济州岛南部海域,是黄海槽向冲绳海槽延伸的部分,属于黑潮分支黄海暖流的通道入口,分布着脊槽相间的海底底形,对其海底声呐图像的处理分析及声学底质分类的分析研究,有助于了解该通道海底底形表层纹理特征及沉积物分布规律。基于在济州岛南部海域获取的多波束声呐数据,应用图像处理技术和方法,对数据进行了处理,获得了海底声呐影像图,并对其表层纹理特征进行了描述和分析;同时,基于多波束反向散射强度数据,结合19组海底地质取样数据,建立研究区海底反向散射强度与沉积物粒度特征之间的统计关系模型,并以改进的学习向量量化神经网络方法,实现对海底粉砂质砂、黏土质砂以及砂-粉砂-黏土3种底质类型的快速自动分类识别。     

基于多维度声学特征优选的多波束海底底质分类

海底表层底质分布信息的准确获取在构建海洋基础地理数据库中发挥着重要作用。目前,多波束是实现大范围海底底质分类的有效手段之一,基于多波束测深和反向散射强度数据所派生的声学特征被广泛应用于底质分类建模。然而,随着特征维度的增加,特征空间中存在的无关和冗余特征严重影响底质分类精度。为了定量评估声学特征对底质类别的表征能力,并消除无效特征对分类结果的干扰,本文提出了基于多维度声学特征优选的海底底质分类方法。首先,结合实际底质样本的物理属性对多维特征进行排序和优选,排除冗余和无关特征。其次,分别应用支持向量机、随机森林和深度信念网络构建海底底质监督分类模型。通过利用爱尔兰海南部多波束调查数据和实地取样信息进行试验,结果表明提出方法对海底底质的总体分类精度和Kappa系数分别最高达到了86.20%和0.834,相较于主成分分析和熵指标特征选择方法有明显提高,突出了该方法在海底底质探测及制图的应用潜力。     

Experimental Studies of Sound Attenuation in Seabed Sediments on Column Sample Length Scale

Seabed sediment microstructure has an influence on its acousto-physical properties, and the properties in a length of the sediment column reflect an aspect of the macroscopic behavior of the microstructure. An original measurement method of the sound attenuation within small distance cross sections in a sediment column, and the corresponding approach in data processing to attain an attenuation factor are detailed in the paper. This method was used to measure the compressional wave in series of points with a small distance in the sediment column, and it is shown that exponential attenuation is a type of compressional wave attenuation model for a sediment column in its full length. It indicates that there are various models of compressional wave attenuation in seabed sediments in the South China Sea after comparison of data from other literature. The method of measuring sound attenuation satisfies the sampling space interval in the acoustical forward and inverse problems in seabed sediments, and the original method provides a new approach for finding out sound attenuation mechanism in seabed sediments on small length scale.     

小尺度海底沉积物的声衰减特性研究

为研究小尺度海底沉积物样品的声衰减特性,作者提出了用声学探针测量海底沉积物声波幅值的新方法,对沉积物样品扰动小,两个测量点的距离可小于波长,为海底沉积物微观声衰减测量提供了新手段。作者用小于波长的间隔逐点测量了沉积物的压缩波幅值,数据分析表明沿沉积物柱状样全长的声衰减满足指数衰减模型。目前主要用同轴差距衰减测量法获得海底沉积物声衰减数据,但该方法不能辨识声衰减模型,因此不同海区的测量结果难以建立联系。对此作者又提出用声吸收系数反演的幅值比与声衰减系数反演的R值(两种幅值比的比值)作评价依据,分析了垂直轴差距衰减测量法获得的南海海底沉积物声衰减测量数据,发现部分沉积物样品声衰减的R值远大于1,其声衰减不满足指数衰减模型。在声衰减满足指数衰减模型的条件下,用Hamilton的声衰减和频率经验公式预报的南海沉积物声衰减比与作者用声学探针测量海底沉积物所得的声衰减比对比,通过对R值分析得出Hamilton的声衰减和频率经验公式可以预报南海沉积物声衰减比的范围。作者提出的声学探针测量海底沉积物声衰减的方法的优点是既能获得声衰减数据又能辨识声衰减模型,不同海区测量的沉积物声衰减比可用R值建立联系。     

Shallow-water imaging multibeam sonars: A new tool for investigating seafloor processes in the coastal zone and on the continental shelf

Hydrographic quality bathymetry and quantitative acoustic backscatter data are now being acquired in shallow water on a routine basis using high frequency multibeam sonars. The data provided by these systems produce hitherto unobtainable information about geomorphology and seafloor geologic processes in the coastal zone and on the continental shelf.Before one can use the multibeam data for hydrography or quantitative acoustic backscatter studies, however, it is essential to be able to correct for systematic errors in the data. For bathymetric data, artifacts common to deep-water systems (roll, refraction, positioning) need to be corrected. In addition, the potentially far greater effects of tides, heave, vessel lift/squat, antenna motion and internal time delays become of increasing importance in shallower water. Such artifacts now cause greater errors in hydrographic data quality than bottom detection. Many of these artifacts are a result of imperfect motion sensing, however, new methods such as differential GPS hold great potential for resolving such limitations. For backscatter data, while the system response is well characterised, significant post processing is required to remove residual effects of imaging geometry, gain adjustments and water column effects. With the removal of these system artifacts and the establishment of a calibrated test site in intertidal regions (where the seabed may be intimately examined by eye) one can build up a sediment classification scheme for routine regional seafloor identification.When properly processed, high frequency multibeam sonar data can provide a view of seafloor geology and geomorphology at resolutions of as little as a few decimetres. Specific applications include quantitative estimation of sediment transport rates in large-scale sediment waves, volume effects of iceberg scouring, extent and style of seafloor mass-wasting and delineation of structural trends in bedrock. In addition, the imagery potentially provides a means of quantitative classification of seafloor lithology, allowing sedimentologists the ability to examine spatial distributions of seabed sediment type without resorting to subjective estimation or prohibitively expensive bottom-sampling programs. Using Simrad EM100 and EM1000 sonars as an example, this paper illustrates the nature and scale of possible artifacts, the necessary post-processing steps and shows specific applications of these sonars.     

Evaluation of Laser Scanning and Stereo Photography Roughness Measurement Systems Using a Realistic Model Seabed Surface

The topography of the seabed is influenced by sediment transport due to wave motion, current disturbance, and biological activities. The bottom roughness generated by these processes can substantially alter acoustic wave penetration into and scattering from the bottom, and therefore, it is essential to make accurate measurements of the bottom roughness for such acoustic applications. Methods to make direct measurements of bottom roughness include stereo photography, laser line scanning, and sediment conductivity. Roughness can also be measured indirectly using high-frequency sound backscatter. For optically-based methods, the accuracy of these measurements is typically evaluated using the elevations, lengths, or diameters of simple surface features of known dimensions. However, for acoustic applications, the statistical characteristics of the surface, e.g., the roughness spectrum, are more meaningful. In this paper, we present a fabricated rough surface milled into a 40 $,times ,$60 cm $^{2}$ plastic block for use as a benchmark in the assessment of two in situ roughness measurement systems: a laser scanning system and a digital stereo photography system. The surface has a realistic roughness power spectrum that is derived from the bottom roughness measured during the 1999 Sediment Acoustics Experiment (SAX99) and was fabricated by a computer numerical controlled milling machine. By comparing the fabricated surface spectrum to the measured spectrum, a determination of the accuracy of the roughness measurement is evaluated, which is of direct relevance to acoustic applications.      

Spatial and temporal pulse design considerations for a marinesediment classification sonar

A linear FM sonar system was developed to support the objective of remote acoustic classification of seafloor sediments. It is a calibrated, wideband, digital, frequency modulated sonar that provides quantitative, high-resolution, low-noise sub-bottom data. Since the linear sonar system can precisely transmit a specified waveform, the calibrated digitally recorded reflection data can be processed to estimate the acoustic impulse response of the seabed and sediment attenuation. An acoustic pulse with special frequency domain weighting characteristics is designed to provide low temporal sidelobe levels and a nearly constant resolution with depth even after passing through a sediment with high losses such as sand. After correlation processing, the wideband acoustic pulse yields an effective beam pattern with high spatial resolution and insignificant sidelobe levels. Data sets generated with the FM profiler indicate that the required temporal and spatial characteristics of the sonar are realized in practice     

海底土的电阻率特征及其腐蚀性评价

海底土的电阻率对于海底土的腐蚀性评价具有重要意义．综述了海底土电阻率的特征及洲定方法,介绍和分析了国内外利用土壤电阻率进行土壤腐蚀性评价的方法,并结合我国海底土特征提出了根据海底土电阻率进行腐蚀性评价的分级标准。