The acoustic diversity of the seabed based on the similarity index computed from Chirp seismic data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-236

  Lee, Gwang H ^a   Kim, Han J ^b   Kim, Dae C ^a   Yi, Bo Y ^a   Nam, Seong M ^a   Khim, Boo K ^c   Lim, Moon S ^d  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Geo Marine Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic seabed classification; Chirp seismic data; Similarity index; Singular value decomposition

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HOMOGENEITY; MAPPING METHOD; SEISMIC DATA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA; SUYONG BAY;

EID: 59849084619     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn142     Document Type: Article

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