Overview of SAX99: Environmental considerations

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-53

  Richardson, Michael D ^u   Briggs, Kevin B ^u   Bibee, L Dale ^u   Jumars, Peter A ^a   Sawyer, Williams B ^u   Albert, Daniel B ^b   Bennett, Richard H ^c   Berger, Thomas K ^d   Buckingham, Michael J ^d   Chotiros, Nicholas P ^e   Dahl, Peter H ^f   Dewitt, Nancy T ^g   Fleischer, Peter ^u   Flood, Roger ^h   Greenlaw, Charles F ⁱ   Holliday, D Vance ⁱ   Hulbert, Matthew H ^j   Hutnak, Michael P ^k   Jackson, Peter D ^l   Jaffe, Jules S ^m   Johnson, H Paul ^k   Lavoie, Dawn L ^u   Lyons, Anthony P ⁿ   Martens, Christopher S ^b   McGehee, Duncan E ⁱ   Moore, Karl D ^m   Orsi, Tim H ^o   Piper, James N ^e   Ray, Richard I ^u   Reed, Allen H ^u   Self, Robert F Liko ^p   Schmidt, Jill L ^f   Schock, Stephen G ^q   Simonet, Fernando ^d   Stoll, Robert D ^r   Tang, Dajun ^f   Thistle, David E ^s   Thorsos, Eric I ^f   Walter, Donald J ^u   Wheatcroft, Robert A ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SEAPROBE Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^j Pittman Moore Inc   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^o PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^q Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^r Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^s FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u NONE

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Author keywords

Acoustic propagation; Acoustic scattering; Acoustic velocity measurement; Geologic measurements; Marine animals; Meteorology; Seafloor; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MARINE BIOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

DIVER OBSERVATIONS; GEOLOGIC MEASUREMENT; HIGH ACOUSTIC SEAFLOOR PENETRATION; MARINE ANIMALS; SEDIMENT PROPAGATION; VIBRA CORING; VIDEO SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035036521     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.917921     Document Type: Article

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