Calibration of a seawater sound velocimeter

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 454-461

  Sweeney, Aaron D ^a   Chadwell, C David ^b   Hildebrand, John A ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Conductivity; Conductivity measurement; Least squares methods; Marine technology; Pressure effects; Sound velocimeter; Sound speed measurements; Temperature control; Temperature, and pressure sensors (CTD); Time measurement; Underwater acoustic measurements; Underwater acoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; SEAWATER SOUND VELOCIMETER; SOUND VELOCIMETER; SOUND-SPEED MEASUREMENTS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750100557     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.836582     Document Type: Article

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