Imaging in the ocean with ambient noise: The ORB experiments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3211-3225

  Epifanio, Chad L ^a,b   Potter, John R ^a,c   Deane, Grant B ^a   Readhead, Mark L ^a,d   Buckingham, Michael J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b 15150 Avenue of Science   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Maritime Operations Division   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGERY; AMBIENT NOISE; REMOTE SENSING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032784423     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428175     Document Type: Article

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