Comparison of RoxAnn and QTC-View acoustic bottom classification system performance for the Cairns area, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1577-1597

  Hamilton, L J ^a   Mulhearn, P J ^a   Poeckert, R ^b,c  

^a AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b Esquimalt Def Research Detachment   (Canada)

^c Stellar Marine Consulting Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CLASSIFICATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEAFLOOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0344418722     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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