Underwater radiated noise from modern commercial ships

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-103

  McKenna, Megan F ^a   Ross, Donald ^b   Wiggins, Sean M ^a   Hildebrand, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Box 101 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC LEVELS; AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; BROADBAND SOURCES; BULK CARRIER; CHEMICAL TANKERS; COMMERCIAL SHIPS; CONTAINER SHIPS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCHANT SHIPS; NOISE LEVELS; NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RADIATED NOISE; SOUND EXPOSURE LEVELS; SOURCE LEVEL; SPECTRAL SHAPES; TRANSMISSION RANGES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AUTOMATION; SHIP MOCKUPS;

TANKERS (SHIPS);

EID: 84855928261     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3664100     Document Type: Article

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