Interlaboratoiy Comparison of Hydrophone Calibrations

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 206-213

  Preston, Roy C ^a   Bacon, David R ^a   Corbett, Scott S ^b   Harris, Gerald R ^c   Lewin, Peter A ^d   Mcgregor, James A ^e   O'Brien, William D ^e   Szabo, Thomas L ^f  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS - ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CALIBRATION METHODS; MEMBRANE HYDROPHONES; MINIATURE HYDROPHONES;

HYDROPHONES;

EID: 0023978610     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.4170     Document Type: Article

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