A brief history of active sonar

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-434

  D'Amico, Angela ^a   Pittenger, Richard ^b  

^a LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti submarine warfare; ASW; MFAS; Mid frequency active sonar; Whales

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; DETECTION METHOD; SONAR; TRACKING; WEAPON; WHALE;

CETACEA;

EID: 77951748239     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.4.2009.426     Document Type: Article

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