Resolving meso-scale seabed variability using reflection measurements from an autonomous underwater vehicle

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1066-1078

  Holland, Charles W ^a   Nielsen, Peter L ^b   Dettmer, Jan ^c   Dosso, Stan ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MODELING; GEOACOUSTICS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; HORIZONTAL VARIABILITY; LONG-RANGE ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; MESOSCALE; PAUCITY OF DATA; RAPID CHANGES; RAPID VARIATION; REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS; SEABED GEOACOUSTIC; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; WIDE SPECTRUM;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

TEACHING;

EID: 84857410360     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3672696     Document Type: Article

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