A mode-based measure of field sensitivity to geoacoustic parameters in weakly range-dependent environments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 122-129

  Kessel, Ronald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032919876     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.424624     Document Type: Article

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