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Seafloor Backscatter

Seafloor Backscatter is the portion of acoustic energy reflected directly back toward a sonar source by the seafloor, distinguished from other scattering components by its retrograde directionality and dependence on seabed roughness, sediment composition, and incident angle.

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508

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212

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45

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Seafloor Backscattering

Parents

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205

Backscatter estimation using Broadband acoustic Doppler current profilers

K.L. Deines · 1999 · 402 citations

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Application of the composite roughness model to high-frequency bottom backscattering

Darrell R. Jackson, Dale P. Winebrenner, Akira Ishimaru · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1986 · 342 citations

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Developments in the application of multibeam sonar backscatter for seafloor habitat mapping

Craig J. Brown, Philippe Blondel · Applied Acoustics · 2008 · 230 citations

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Correlation of sidescan backscatter with grain size distribution of surficial seabed sediments

Jenny Collier, Craig J. Brown · Marine Geology · 2005 · 217 citations

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High-frequency bottom backscattering: Roughness versus sediment volume scattering

Darrell R. Jackson, Kevin B. Briggs · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1992 · 191 citations

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Authors

508

  1. XL
    Xavier Lurton

    Ifremer, France

    13 publications · 773 citations

    11

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  2. DR
    Darrell R. Jackson

    University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, United States

    10 publications · 995 citations

    10

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  3. BC
    Bishwajit Chakraborty

    National Institute of Oceanography, India

    9 publications · 233 citations

    9

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  4. IP
    Iain Parnum

    Curtin University, Australia

    7 publications · 258 citations

    7

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  5. AP
    Anthony P. Lyons

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    7 publications · 319 citations

    7

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Institutions

212

  1. Ifremer

    Brest, France

    15 h-index

    43 publications

    2K citations

  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    12 h-index

    32 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. National Institute of Oceanography

    Panjim, India

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    755 citations

  4. University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

    Auckland, New Zealand

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    682 citations

  6. NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

    La Spezia, Italy

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    673 citations

  7. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    721 citations

  8. University of New Hampshire

    Durham, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    413 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 63 publications · 2.9K citations

    29

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  2. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

    22 publications · 973 citations

    17

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  3. Marine Geophysical Research

    12 publications · 414 citations

    12

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  4. Continental Shelf Research

    10 publications · 521 citations

    10

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  5. Geosciences

    8 publications · 270 citations

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