Characterizing suspended frazil ice in rivers using upward looking sonars

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-126

  Ghobrial, Tadros R ^a   Loewen, Mark R ^a   Hicks, Faye E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backscattering models; Frazil ice concentration; Frazil particles size; Underwater sonars

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER STRENGTH; BACKSCATTERING MODELS; DISK MODEL; ESTIMATION METHODS; FIELD ACOUSTICS; FIELD DATA; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; FRAZIL ICE; FREEZE-UP; ICE CONDITIONS; PARTICLES SIZES; PROLATE SPHEROID; SASKATCHEWAN; SCATTERING MODEL; UNDERWATER SONARS; UPWARD-LOOKING SONARS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BACKSCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; SONAR;

ICE;

BACKSCATTER; COLD REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MODELING; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER ICE; SONAR;

ALBERTA; CANADA; EDMONTON; SASKATCHEWAN RIVER;

EID: 84870795325     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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