Comparison of acoustic backscatter measurements from a ship-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and an EK500 scientific echo-sounder

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 487-491

  Griffiths, Gwyn ^a   Diaz, José I ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscatter calibration; Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler; EK500; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; ADCP; BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; EK500 ECHO-SOUNDER;

EID: 0029768324     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0070     Document Type: Article

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