Fundamentals of Acoustic Backscatter Imagery

Abstract : This report summarizes various multidisplinary subjects that play an important role in the operation, processing, and interpretation of acoustic backscattering systems and their data. The subject matter covered includes the physics of wave propagation and scattering, basic imaging system engineering, mode of standard survey operations, processing methodology, and marine geology and geophysics.

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