Calibration sphere for low-frequency parametric sonars

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1482-1490

  Foote, Kenneth G ^a   Francis, David T I ^b   Atkins, Philip R ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ALUMINUM; CALIBRATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION;

IMMERSION WEIGHTS; PARAMETRIC SONARS; TARGET STRENGTHS;

SONAR;

ALUMINUM;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ECHOLOCATION; HYDROGRAPHY; IMMERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34147144587     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2434244     Document Type: Article

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