Acoustic scattering from a “Pierson-Moskowitz” sea surface

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 335-349

  Thorsos, Eric I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0025296861     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.399909     Document Type: Article

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