Data-model comparisons of reverberation at three shallow-water sites

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 309-315

  Desharnais, Francine ^b   Ellis, Dale D ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Defence Research Establishment Atlantic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Horizontal arrays; Reverberation measurements; Reverberation models; Shallow water; Vertical arrays

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; CLAY; ESTIMATION; HYDROPHONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REVERBERATION; SAND; SILT; UNDERWATER SOILS;

REVERBERATION MEASUREMENT; SAND SEABEDS; SHALLOW WATER; SILT CLAY SEABEDS;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0031120397     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.585950     Document Type: Article

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