The system could improve upon existing methods used to gather information on sedimentation rates and to determine the shape of lake and river bottoms. Morton hopes to attach the system to a lightweight 20-foot pole. The fathometer and electronic motion sensors will be lowered to within three feet of the bottom of a lake during each survey. Continuous data will be logged into a portable computer. The system will first be synchronized and tested under controlled conditions in an artificial pond.
Plans also call for tests on lakes and open bay waters.
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