Non-Rayleigh echoes from resolved individuals and patches of resonant fish at 2-4 kHz

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-163

  Stanton, Timothy K ^a   Chu, Dezhang ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo statistics; Fish; Reverberation

Indexed keywords

BEAM PATTERN; ECHO SOUNDERS; ECHO STATISTICS; GEORGES BANK; RAYLEIGH; SCATTERING GEOMETRIES; SINGLE PATCH; SONAR SYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SWIMBLADDERS; TARGET STRENGTH;

FREQUENCY BANDS; GEOMETRY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REVERBERATION; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

FISH;

EID: 77952950929     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2009.2035240     Document Type: Article

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