Measurement of seabed sound speeds from head waves in shallow water

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-422

  Hall, Marshall V ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Royal Australian Navy   (Australia)

^e Maritime Operations Division

^f Naval Command   (United States)

^g DSTO ^*

^h ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAD WAVES; SEABED SOUND SPEEDS; SONOBUOYS;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BUOYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0030259642     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.544052     Document Type: Article

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