Reverberation Envelope Statistics and Their Dependence on Sonar Bandwidth and Scattering Patch Size

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-137

  Abraham, Douglas A ^a   Lyons, Anthony P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Clutter; K distribution; Non Rayleigh; Reverberation; Sonar

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REVERBERATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CLUTTER; K-DISTRIBUTION; NON-RAYLEIGH;

SONAR;

EID: 1842586133     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.824039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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