A comparison of near-bed acoustic backscatter and laser diffraction measurements of suspended sediments

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 225-235

  Thorne, Peter D ^a   Agrawal, Yogesh C ^b   Cacchione, David A ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Sequoia Scientific Inc   (United States)

^c CME (Coastal and Marine Environments)   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Backscatter; Laser; Optics; Sediments; Suspensions

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; DIFFRACTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; WATER WAVES;

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER SYSTEM; LASER DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENT; LASER MINIATURE SCATTERING AND TRANSMISSOMETRY INSTRUMENT;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 34547588679     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2007.890978     Document Type: Article

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