Improving and Developing Predictive Backscatter Models of Fish

Abstract

The long-term goal of this program is to quantify, understand, and visualize how the biology of aquatic organisms interacts with the physics of sound to produce acoustic backscatter data. Research activities integrate backscatter model predictions with laboratory and field measurements and combines results in computer visualizations and animations. Understanding scattering processes enables accurate population abundance estimates and contributes to acoustic species identification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA613676

Entities

People

  • John K. Horne

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Beams
  • Acoustics
  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Backscattering
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Visualization
  • Detection
  • Fish
  • Fisheries
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Scattering
  • Target Strength
  • Underwater Acoustics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Riverine Ecology