Twenty-five years with OBS sensors: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2299-2318

  Downing, John ^a  

^a D and A Instrument Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHT SCATTERING; SENSOR; SURF ZONE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 33750345398     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.07.018     Document Type: Article

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