Sonar Glossary

This Glossary is a compilation from various sources that include:

• RESON personnel
• An adaptation of the Text: SOUND UNDERWATER IMAGES: A guide to the Generation and Interpretation of Sonar Data by John Perry Fish and H. Arnold Carr, copyright 1991. All rights reserved.
• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Hydrographic Dictionary Part I, SP No.32, Third Edition, dated 1974.
• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Ocean Service (NOS).

• HighBeamTM Encyclopedia (http://www.encyclopedia.com/)
• MariSafeTM (http://www.marisafe.com/resources/boatdictionary.asp)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Glossary of Some Terms Related to Rip Currents (http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/glossary.shtml)