High-frequency multibeam echo-sounder measurements of seafloor backscatter in shallow water: Part 2 - Mosaic production, analysis and classification

Underwater Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-26

  Parnum, Iain M ^a   Gavrilov, Alexander N ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic seafloor classification; Multibeam echo sounder; Seafloor backscatter

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER DATA; DATA SETS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MULTIBEAM ECHO-SOUNDER; SEA FLOOR; SHALLOW WATERS; SHALLOW-WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC DEVICES; DATA HANDLING;

BACKSCATTERING;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; ECHO SOUNDER; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; ESPERANCE BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79960713915     PISSN: 17560543     EISSN: 17560551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3723/ut.30.013     Document Type: Article

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