Boundary characterization experiment series overview

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 784-806

  Holland, Charles W ^a   Gauss, Roger C ^b   Hines, Paul C ^c   Nielsen, Peter ^d   Preston, John R ^a   Harrison, Chris H ^d   Ellis, Dale D ^c   LePage, Kevin D ^b   Osler, John ^c   Nero, Redwood W ^b   Hutt, Dan ^c   Turgut, Altan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sea surface scattering; Seabed reflection; Seabed scattering; Shallow water acoustic reverberation; Sonar clutter

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; REVERBERATION; SONAR; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SEA SURFACE SCATTERING; SEABED REFLECTION; SEABED SCATTERING; SHALLOW WATER ACOUSTIC REVERBERATION; SONAR CLUTTER;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 33144463618     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2005.862133     Document Type: Review

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