A self-contained sector-scanning sonar for bottom roughness observations as part of sediment transport studies

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 11 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1830-1841

  Irish, James D ^a   Lynch, J F ^a   Traykovski, P A ^a,b   Newhall, A E ^a   Prada, K ^a   Hay, A E ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ROUGHNESS; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIDESCAN SONAR;

EID: 0033509292     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1830:ascsss>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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