Utilizing high-frequency acoustic backscatter to estimate bottom sand ripple parameters

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-443

  Tang, Dajun ^a   Williams, Kevin L ^a   Thorsos, Eric I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Ripples; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; BACKSCATTER DATA; BURIED TARGETS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUNDS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; INVERSION FORMULA; INVERSION RESULTS; LAMBERTIAN; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RIPPLE STRUCTURE; RIPPLE WAVELENGTH; RIPPLES; SAND RIPPLE; SHALLOW-WATER; SOUND SCATTERING; SPATIAL WAVELENGTHS; TIME DOMAIN;

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 73049117127     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2009.2015402     Document Type: Article

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