High-frequency multibeam echo-sounder measurements of seafloor backscatter in shallow water: Part 1 - Data acquisition and processing

Underwater Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-12

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

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multibeam echo sounder; Remote sensing; Seafloor backscatter

Indexed keywords

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

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC DEVICES; BACKSCATTERING; ERRORS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; REMOTE SENSING;

DATA HANDLING;

BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; ECHO SOUNDER; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SHALLOW WATER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79960718718     PISSN: 17560543     EISSN: 17560551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3723/ut.30.003     Document Type: Article

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