Performance of a sonar altimeter in the nearshore

Marine Geology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 241-248

  Gallagher, Edith L ^a   Boyd, William ^a   Elgar, Steve ^b   Guza, R T ^a   Woodward, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PULSE; ALTIMETER; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; DETECTION; REMOTE SENSING EQUIPMENT; SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY; SONAR ALTIMETER;

EID: 0030201513     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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