Statistical analysis of high-frequency multibeam backscatter data in shallow water

1st Australasian Acoustical Societies' Conference 2006, ACOUSTICS 2006: Noise of Progress

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 507-514

  Siwabessy, P J W ^a   Gavrilov, A N ^a   Duncan, A J ^a   Parnum, I M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MIXTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTI-BEAM SONAR SYSTEMS; MULTIBEAM BACKSCATTERS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MIXTURES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84880139741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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