Assessment of reliability of multi-beam echo-sounder bathymetric uncertainty prediction models

Nowadays Multi-Beam Echo-Sounder (MBES) systems are used for obtaining information of the sea/river bed bathymetry and sediment composition. For the latter, use is usually made of the backscatter strength and depth derivatives, such as depth residuals. However, the depth derivatives are affected by the uncertainties inherent to the MBES varying...