Application of optical ray tracing techniques to the simulation of sonar images

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1806-1813

  Bell, Judith M ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Ray tracing; Simulation; Sonar

Indexed keywords

EID: 3743147143     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601325     Document Type: Article

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