Chirp sonar sediment characterization at the northern Gulf of Mexico littoral acoustic demonstration center experimental site

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 2248-2252

  Turgut, Altan ^a   McCord, Michael ^a   Newcomb, Joal ^a   Fisher, Robert ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; SEDIMENTS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

CHIRP SONAR;

SONAR;

EID: 0037969182     PISSN: 01977385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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