An international key comparison of free-field hydrophone calibrations in the frequency range 1 to 500 kHz

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1366-1373

  Robinson, Stephen P ^a   Harris, Peter M ^a   Ablitt, Justin ^a   Hayman, Gary ^a   Thompson, Alex ^a   Van Buren, A Lee ^b   Zalesak, Joseph F ^b   Drake, Robert M ^b   Isaev, Alexander E ^c   Enyakov, Alexander M ^c   Purcell, Christopher ^d   Houqing, Zhu ^e   Yuebing, Wang ^e   Yue, Zhang ^e   Botha, Pierre ^f   Krüger, Dieter ^g  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c Multicharged Ions Spectra Data Center of VNIIFTRI   (Russian Federation)

^d DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

^f CSIR National Metrology Laboratory   (South Africa)

^g Wehrtechnische Dienstelle für Schiffe und Marinewaffen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCIES; HYDROPHONES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TEST FACILITIES;

FREE-FIELD STANDARDS; HYDROPHONE CALIBRATIONS;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

HYDROPHONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33748567458     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2228790     Document Type: Article

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