Analysis and model/data comparison of broadband acoustic propagation at the Atlantic Generating Station (AGS) site

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1921-1935

  Badiey, M ^a   Bongiovanni, K P ^a,b   Siegmann, W L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030899439     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418224     Document Type: Article

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