Reverberation-derived shallow-water bottom scattering strength

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 534-540

  Cable, Peter G ^b,c,d,e,f,g   Frech, Karen D ^b,e   O'Connor, James C ^b,h,i,j   Steele, J Michael ^a,b,k,l  

^a IEEE

^b BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f Naval Underwater Systems Center   (United States)

^g DARPA Adverse Environments Program   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^k GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acoustic scattering; Scattering parameters measurement; Sea floor; Sonar terrain factors; Underwater acoustic measurements

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ESTIMATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; REVERBERATION; SONAR;

SHALLOW WATER BOTTOM SCATTERING;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0031176208     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.611145     Document Type: Article

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