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
  • In the morning, side-scan sonar was used to narrow the search area.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Sides surveyed rivers and lakes in and around town using side-scan sonar.
    — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Searchers have been using side-scan sonar, as well as drones and other tools.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Then the researchers took to the water with side-scan sonar to find the remains.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
  • New Hampshire Fish and Game deployed boats with side-scan sonar.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • His body was recovered late Wednesday evening, using side-scan sonar.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • After two hours in their second pass, a large object crawled across the screen of Ehorn's Klein side-scan sonar.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Searchers used thermal and side-scan sonar technologies on the land and water near where Hughes' vehicle was found.
    — The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Divers were investigating any anomalies detected by the side-scan sonar, state police said.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • After a search that involved side-scan sonar, police found Campbell’s body on July 24.
    — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Authorities found Campbell’s body with side-scan sonar, according to the agency.
    — Josh Cradduck, NBC 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • On Thursday morning, deputies utilized a side-scan sonar, which is used to detect & image objects on the lake floor, and his body was announced to have been found hours later.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Environmental police have deployed side-scan sonar to try to gather data and detect anomalies on the ocean floor, officials said.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Officers were able to find Thota after days of searching by using side-scan sonar equipment and underwater cameras.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2018
  • That led to the development of Argo, which a video camera system and side-scan sonar that could then transmit images in real time to the Knorr.
    — David Chiu, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • 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 platform, called a towfish, resembles a small missile and carries multiple sensors, including port and starboard side-scan sonar.
    — John Femiani, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026

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