Estimation of the acoustic range of bat echolocation for extended targets

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1765-1775

  Stilz, Wolfram Peter ^a   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; BAT ECHOLOCATION; DYNAMIC RANGE; EXTENDED TARGETS; FOREST EDGE; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; NATURAL STRUCTURES; REFLECTING SURFACE; REFLECTION LOSS; SONAR SYSTEM; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; TARGET TYPE; ULTRASONIC SONAR; WATER SURFACE;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; SONAR; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; UNDERWATER AUDITION;

GEOMETRY;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MOTION; PRESSURE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84866289882     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4733537     Document Type: Article

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