Onthebasisofananalysisoftheerrorsourcesinmultibeamechosoundingsystem,adataprocessingmethodforcompensatingsystematicerrorsinmultibeamsurveyisproposed.Inordertoimprovetheaccuracyofoverallswath,adatafusiontechniqueusingsinglebeamsurveydataascontrolinformationforsinglebeamandmultibeamechosoundingisthenpresented.Somequestionsinvolvedinsolvingtheadjustmentproblem,suchasitsfeasibilityandthenumericalstability,arediscussedindetail,andatwo-stepadjustmentmethodissuggested.Finally,apracticalsurveydatasetisusedasacasestudytoprovetheefficiencyandreliabilityoftheproposedmethods.
