Simrad Time Varied Gain (TVG) range correction

This page explains how time varied gain (TVG) range correction is applied to data from the following Simrad echosounders:

• Ex500

• Ex60 (and ME70)

• EK80

Ex500

The range values R are corrected according to following formula:

R = r - (3 * T + τ * 1470 / 4)

where:

R is the corrected range (m)

r the uncorrected range (m)

T is the sample thickness (m)

τ is the transmitted pulse duration (s) - also known as the pulse length

1470 is the sound speed (m/s) used by Simrad

This correction is applied only if TvgRangeCorrection is set to SimradEx500 on the Calibration page of the Variable Properties dialog box, otherwise R = r.

Notes:

• The TVG range correction was introduced in EK500 firmware version 5.30 and is used in calculation of SV (Q), TS (Q), Sample SV (V) and Sample TS (P) telegrams. Contact Simrad to learn which EY500 firmware version introduced TVG correction.
  
  Because of the change in the equation to calculate Sv, it may not be valid to compare survey results collected with version 5.20 (or earlier) and version 5.30 (or later) of the EK500 firmware. The equations provided here may be used to estimate a correction for different depth strata.
• The formula for the range correction has changed during the development of Echoview. The following table lists the Echoview version numbers and corresponding corrections.

Ex60 (and ME70)

The range values R are corrected according to following formula:

R = r - cτ/4

where:

R is the corrected range (m)

r the uncorrected range (m)

c is the SoundSpeed (m/s) on the Calibration page of the Variable Properties dialog box.

τ is the PulseDuration (s) on the Calibration page of the Variable Properties dialog box.

This correction is applied when TvgRangeCorrection is set to SimradEx60 on the Calibration page of the Variable Properties dialog box. This correction only applies to SV variables.

Notes:

• From Echoview 11 onward the SimradEx60 TvgRangeCorrection equation changed. The change may slightly affect Sv data.
• Pre-Echoview 11 SimradEx60 TvgRangeCorrection recommendations.
• This method of applying TVG range correction is used with Ex60 raw data and for ME70 raw data.

EK80

The range values R are corrected according to following formula:

R = r - cτ/4

where:

R is the corrected range (m)

r the uncorrected range (m)

c is the SoundSpeed (m/s) value on the Calibration page of the Variable Properties dialog box

τ is the PulseDuration (s) set on the Calibration page of the Variable Properties dialog box

This correction is applied when TvgRangeCorrection is set to SimradEK80 on the Calibration page of the Variable Properties dialog box.

This correction applies only to SV variables.

See also:

Simrad EK500 Power to Sv and TS
Simrad Ex60 Power to Sv and TS
Single target detection (single beam method 2)
Single target detection (split beam method 2)
Calibration page of the Variable properties dialog box
Single target detection page of the Variable properties dialog box
Background noise in Echoview
About time varied gain