Sound scattering from sea ice: Aspects relevant to ice-draft profiling by sonar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1023-1034

  Melling, Humfrey ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ICE COVER; SEA ICE; SONAR; SOUND SCATTERING;

EID: 0032452822     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<1023:SSFSIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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