Low-frequency geoacoustic model for the effective properties of sandy seabottoms

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2847-2866

  Zhou, Ji Xun ^a,b   Zhang, Xue Zhen ^a,b   Knobles, D P ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; BIOT-STOLL MODELS; BROAD-BAND DATUM; EFFECTIVE MEDIAS; EFFECTIVE PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCES; GEOACOUSTIC MODELS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH-FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; LOW FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR FREQUENCIES; SHALLOW WATERS; SOUND ATTENUATIONS; SOUND SPEED; TRANSITION BANDS; WATER INTERFACES;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; COASTAL ZONES; SEDIMENTS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COASTAL WATERS; DISPERSION; ECHOLOCATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; SOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 65549142213     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3089218     Document Type: Article

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