Geoacoustic characterization of a range-dependent ocean environment using towed array data

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 198-206

  Fallat, Mark R ^a   Nielsen, Peter Louring ^a   Dosso, Stan E ^b   Siderius, Martin ^c  

^a NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid inversion algorithm ASSA; MAPEX 2000 experiment; Matched field inversion; Range dependent environment; Towed horizontal array

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

HYBRID INVERSION ALGORITHM ASSA; MATCHED FIELD INVERSION; RANGE DEPENDENT ENVIRONMENT; TOWED HORIZONTAL ARRAY;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 21344439530     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.838067     Document Type: Article

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