Integration Results (selection) dialog box

The Integration Results dialog box displays the integration results for a selection on an Sv echogram.

To invoke the Integration Results dialog box:

  1. Make a selection on an Sv echogram.

  2. On the Shortcut menu (right-click), click Integrate Selection.

The following information and settings are available:

Note: The analysis variables that are displayed differ depending on whether you are working in depth mode or range mode, see About depth and range mode.

Analysis variable

Description

General

Sv mean

The mean volume backscattering strength.

Sv minimum

The minimum Sv value included in the integration. This does not include samples thresholded to -999.0dB.

Sv maximum

The maximum Sv value included in the integration.

NASC

The Nautical area scattering coefficient (sA as used by Simrad).

ABC

The Area Backscattering Coefficient.

Domain

Height mean (in depth mode)
-or-
Thickness mean (in range mode)

The average thickness/height of the selection calculated over the pings included in the integration.

Depth mean
-or-
Range mean

The average range/depth of samples included in the selection.

Beam volume sum

The sum of the beam volumes of all pings in the selection. See Beam_volume_sum for more information.

Exclude below line depth mean
- or-
Exclude below line range mean

The average range/depth of the line entered in the exclude below text box (on the Analysis page of the Variable Properties dialog box) over pings with a "good" line status included in the integration. Generally the exclude below line would be the bottom.

Counts

Good samples

The number of sample data points actually included in the integration. Data points can be excluded if they fall within bad data regions, above an "exclude above" line or below an "exclude below" line.

May be exported as Good_samples.

Bad samples

The number of bad data samples in bad data regions.

May be exported as Bad_data_samples.

No_data samples

The number of no data samples.

May be exported as No_data_samples.

Samples above surface exclusion

The number of samples above the Exclude above line. The Exclude-above line is specified on the Analysis page of the Variable Properties dialog box.

May be exported as Samples_above_surface_exclusion.

Samples below bottom exclusion

The number of samples below the Exclude below line. The Exclude-below line is specified on the Analysis page of the Variable Properties dialog box.

May be exported as Samples_below_bottom_exclusion.

Samples in domain

The number of samples contained within the selection.

May be exported as Sample_in_domain.

Pings

The number of pings between the start and end time of the cell. The number of pings is not affected by bad data regions.

Linked

Select Linked to link the displayed results to the currently activated region or selection. The displayed results will update as you select subsequent regions or selections of the echogram.

Notes: With Linked selected, the dialog box will respond to the activated region on the Region browser and the Regions window.

See also

About Integration
About selections

About analysis variables

Integrating a selection

Analyze Selection dialog box

Integration Results dialog box