Chapter 2 Estimation of sea bottom density profile through analysis of ultrasonic echo signals

Proceedings in Marine Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages 17-30

  Kaya, Akio ^a   Yoshida, Hideki ^b   Tanigawa, Harukazu ^b   Igata, Hiromasa ^b   Tsuruya, Hiroichi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acoustic data collection system; analog digital converter; calibration; core sampling; marine environment; measurement system; mud layer detecting system; multilayer model; normalized acoustic impedance; normalized density; off line processing; sea bottom; shoaling; soft mud; transfer function; ultrasonic echo signal; vertical density profile; waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949118007     PISSN: 15682692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-2692(08)80004-6     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Kaya A., Tanigawa H., Igata H., Nkauchi I., Matsumoto H., Tsuruya H., Ito K., and Sasaki A. Development of mud layer detecting device and its application to the measurement of vertical slices of density profile in Kushiro Port. Proceedings of the Oceans '04 (2004) 2078-2085
3. (in Japanese). Yamagata N., Harada T., Kitajima M., Tsuchiya A., Kaya A., and Saruwatari R. The development of mud layer decision device. Proc. Civil Eng. Ocean 18 (2002) 569-574