The effect of a layer of varying density on high-frequency reflection, forward loss, and backscatter

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-422

  Lyons, Anthony P ^a,c,d,e,f   Orsi, Thomas H ^b,d,e,g,h  

^a NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Saclant Undersea Research Centre ^*

^f ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^h American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic remote sensing; Forward loss; High frequency acoustics; Reflection coefficient; Seafloor scattering

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS;

HIGH FREQUENCY ACOUSTICS; SEAFLOOR SCATTERING; X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRATHY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032183097     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.725235     Document Type: Article

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