Definition of signal-to-noise ratio and its critical role in split-beam measurements

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-130

  Kieser, Robert ^a   Reynisson, Pall ^b   Mulligan, Timothy J ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

digital data; echosounding; noise; reverberation; signal to noise ratio; split beam; target strength bias

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; FISHERY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TARGET STRENGTH;

EID: 12344267170     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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