New Bottom Roughness Calculation from Multibeam Echo Sounders for Mine Warfare

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited === Bottom roughness has a significant effect on acoustic backscattering on the ocean bottom. Sonar systems rely on backscattering and shadows for detecting objects lying on the seafloor. The seafloor is rather complex including craters, gullies...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Earls, Patrick J.
Other Authors: Chu, Peter C.
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/17360