Acoustic seabed segmentation for echosounders through direct statistical clustering of seabed echoes

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2000-2011

  Hamilton, L J ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic seabed classification; Echosounder; Statistical clustering

Indexed keywords

ECHO SOUNDER; ECHO SOUNDING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAFLOOR; SEGMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

EID: 81855196940     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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