Ray-theoretic localization of an impulsive source in a stratified ocean using two hydrophones

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2934-2943

  Skarsoulis, E K ^a   Kalogerakis, M A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFRACTION;

IMPULSIVE ACOUSTIC SOURCES; PASSIVE LOCALIZATION; SPERM WHALES;

HYDROPHONES;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; TIME;

EID: 27744539699     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2041267     Document Type: Article

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