A measurement quality factor for swath bathymetry sounders

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 852-862

  Lurton, Xavier ^a   Augustin, Jean Marie ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; interferometry; multibeam echosounder (MBES); sonar

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ACCESS; INTERCOMPARISONS; INTERFEROMETRIC SONAR; MEASUREMENT QUALITY; MULTI-BEAM; MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER (MBES); NORMAL INCIDENCE; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PROCESSING PRINCIPLES; QUALITY ESTIMATION; QUALITY FACTORS; RELATIVE ERRORS; SIGNAL CHARACTERISTIC; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC DEVICES; BATHYMETRY; ESTIMATION; INTERFEROMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SONAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

EID: 78649721933     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2010.2064391     Document Type: Article

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