A model/data comparison for low-frequency bottom backscatter

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 344-358

  Mourad, Pierre D ^a   Jackson, Darrell R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MODEL; SEA; SEDIMENT; SOUND; VELOCITY;

BOTTOM BACKSCATTER; MODEL/DATA COMPARISON; SOUND SCATTERING;

EID: 0027337347     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.407100     Document Type: Article

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