Evolution and future of multibeam echosounder technology

International Symposium on Underwater Technology, UT 2007 - International Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 147-155

  Volberg, Bud ^a   Meurling, Thomas ^a  

^a RESON Group

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS;

MULTIBEAM ECHO SOUNDERS (MBES); SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENT EVALUATION; SUBBOTTOM PROFILING;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES;

EID: 34748922967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UT.2007.370844     Document Type: Conference Paper

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