Improved empirical descriptions for acoustic surface backscatter in the ocean

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-94

  Nicholas, Michael ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Ogden, Peter M ^b   Erskine, Fred T ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CNA CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Center for European Nuclear Research   (Switzerland)

^g Hycalog ^*  (United Kingdom)

^h Natl Center for Physical Acoustics   (United States)

ⁱ ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Reverberation; Sea surface

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; REVERBERATION;

CRITICAL SEA TEST (CST); SEA SURFACE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0032045589     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.664088     Document Type: Article

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