Acoustic attenuation in very shallow water due to the presence of bubbles in rip currents

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 617-625

  Caruthers, J W ^b   Stanic, S J ^b   Elmore, P A ^b   Goodman, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; DISPERSION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 0032770254     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.427030     Document Type: Article

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