Geoacoustic parameter extraction using reverberation data from the 2000 boundary characterization experiment on the Malta Plateau

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 709-732

  Preston, John R ^a   Ellis, Dale D ^b   Gauss, Roger C ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geoacoustic inversion; Inversion; Line arrays; Reverberation; Simulated annealing (SA)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ALGORITHMS; BATHYMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REVERBERATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

GENERIC SONAR MODEL (GSM); GEOACOUSTIC INVERSION; LINE ARRAYS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 33144487065     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2005.862130     Document Type: Article

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