Measurements of acoustic scattering from zooplankton and oceanic microstructure using a broadband echosounder

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 379-394

  Lavery, Andone C ^a   Chu, Dezhang ^b   Moum, James N ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband acoustic scattering; Internal waves; Oceanic microstructure; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; CALIBRATION; ECHO SOUNDER; INTERNAL WAVE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOUND SCATTERING; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 76649089617     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp242     Document Type: Article

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