Absolute calibration of hydrophones immersed in sandy sediment

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2918-2927

  Robb, Gary B N ^a   Robinson, Stephen P ^b   Theobald, Pete D ^b   Hayman, Gary ^b   Humphrey, Victor F ^a   Leighton, Timothy G ^a   Wang, Lian Sheng ^a   Dix, Justin K ^a   Best, Angus I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATIONS; ACOUSTIC ATTENUATIONS; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; FIELD VOLTAGES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FREQUENCY RANGES; LINEAR CONFIGURATIONS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; WATER-BASED;

ACOUSTICS; CALIBRATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HYDROPHONES;

WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 65549133361     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3106530     Document Type: Article

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