Midfrequency "through-the-sensor" scattering measurements: A new approach

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 733-747

  Brown, Walter E ^a   Barlett, Martin L ^b  

^a NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

"through the sensor" measurements; Acoustic scattering; Bottom scattering strength; Data fusion; Georeferenced database; Monostatic bottom loss; Remote sensing; Sonar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SONAR;

BOTTOM SCATTERING STRENGTH; DATA FUSION; GEOREFERENCED DATABASE; MONOSTATIC BOTTOM LOSS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 33144485025     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2005.862088     Document Type: Article

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