Quantitative Side-Scan Research for Sediment Characterization and the Development of a Multibeam Subbottom Profiler

Abstract

The long-term goals of this work are to contribute to the understanding of bottom backscatter at high frequencies, provide techniques for determining sediment characteristics based on backscatter, and to support experiments within the context of the high-frequency, underwater communications and bottom scattering experiments such as KauaiEx and SAX04. An additional goal, recently established for this project, is to contribute to an improved understand of shallow-subbottom backscatter at mid-range frequencies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612086

Entities

People

  • Jerald W. Caruthers

Organizations

  • University of Southern Mississippi

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Backscattering
  • Change Detection
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Digital Data
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Oceanography
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Scattering
  • Sediments
  • Shallow Water
  • Side Looking Sonar
  • Signal Processing
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surveys

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