Geoacoustic seafloor exploration with a towed array in a shallow water area of the Strait of Sicily

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-366

  Caiti, Andrea ^a,b,e,f   Jesus, Sérgio M ^a,c,e,g   Kristensen, Åge ^{d,e,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o}  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

^e NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^h Institute of Technology   (Norway)

ⁱ Underwater Acoustics Group   (Norway)

^j Inst Petrol Technol Appl G   (Norway)

^k SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l SINTEF   (Norway)

^m Seafloor Acoustics Group

ⁿ Department Manager for Geophysics   (Norway)

^o ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; CORE SAMPLES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYDROPHONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GEOACOUSTIC SEAFLOOR EXPLORATION; HAMILTON'S REGRESSION CURVES; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS (RBF);

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0030259850     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.544046     Document Type: Article

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