Calibrating multi-frequency acoustic backscatter systems for studying near-bed suspended sediment transport processes

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-235

  Betteridge, Kyle F E ^a   Thorne, Peter D ^a   Cooke, Richard D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Backscattering; Calibration; Instrumentation; Sediments; Transport

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; SCATTERING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOUND SCATTERING;

EID: 37849054038     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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