Remote estimation of surficial seafloor properties through the application Angular Range Analysis to multibeam sonar data

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-126

  Fonseca, Luciano ^a   Mayer, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscatter; Angular Range Analysis; Model inversion; Multibeam sonar; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CHARACTERIZATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; ANGULAR RANGE ANALYSIS; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SEAFLOOR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BACKSCATTER; DATA INVERSION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MULTIBEAM SONAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 34548203203     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-007-9019-4     Document Type: Article

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