Acoustic classification with single-beam echosounders: Processing methods and theory for isolating effects of the seabed on echoes

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Biffard, Ben R ^a   Preston, Jon M ^a,b   Ross Chapman, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Quester Tangent Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION;

ACOUSTIC CLASSIFICATION; CHARACTERISATION; FREQUENCY SHIFTING; SINGLE BEAMS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 50449094620     PISSN: 01977385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2007.4449250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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