Extraction and comparison of acoustic backscatter from a calibrated multi- and single-beam sonar

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 669-677

  Melvin, Gary D ^a   Cochrane, Norman A ^b   Li, Yanchao ^c,d  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d IntelliCorp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscatter; Calibration; Herring; Hydroacoustics; Multi beam sonar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; BACKSCATTER; BEHAVIOR; CALIBRATION; FISH; MULTIBEAM SONAR;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0038575677     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00055-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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