scholarly journals Use of a nearfield array for acoustic backscattering cross‐section measurements

1976 ◽  
Vol 60 (S1) ◽  
pp. S69-S69
Author(s):  
Ralph Fiorito ◽  
Walter Madigosky
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Acoustic Backscattering ◽  
Backscattering Cross Section

Indirect measurement of the mean acoustic backscattering cross section of fish

1981 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 955-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Ehrenberg ◽  
T. J. Carlson ◽  
J. J. Traynor ◽  
N. J. Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Indirect Measurement ◽  
Acoustic Backscattering ◽  
Backscattering Cross Section ◽  
The Mean

scholarly journals Modelling the effect of swimbladder compression on the acoustic backscattering from herring at normal or near-normal dorsal incidences

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 1381-1391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Gorska ◽  
Egil Ona
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Acoustic Scattering ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Target Strength ◽  
Acoustic Backscattering ◽  
Acoustic Data ◽  
Backscattering Cross Section ◽  
Entire Depth ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Theoretical Results

Abstract Inaccuracy in herring target strength can be an important source of bias in the acoustic assessment of several important herring stocks. New acoustic data on herring target strength (Ona et al., 2001, submitted for publication; Ona, 2003) confirm previous suggestions and evidence on a possible reduction of the size of the herring swimbladder as a result of its compression with increasing water depth. Theoretical work for a better understanding of the acoustic scattering from herring over its entire depth distribution may therefore be essential for improving abundance estimation. This study supplements the analysis, conducted by Gorska and Ona (2003) for herring averaged-backscattering cross-section. The modal-based, deformed-cylinder model (MB-DCM) solutions, presented in that paper, are used. The sensitivity of the herring backscattering cross-section in case of normal or near-normal dorsal incidences is studied with respect to frequency, contraction factors of the swimbladder dimensions and some fish morphological parameters. The study is important for a better understanding of not only the backscattering by individual fish for the dorsal incidence, but also the depth- and frequency-dependencies of the mean-backscattering cross-section. The theoretical results have been applied in the interpretation of the actual measured target-strength data on adult herring.

Backscattering Analysis of Cylinder Shaped Scatterer in Vegetation Medium: Comparison Between Theories

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
Syabeela Syahali ◽  
Ewe Hong Tat ◽  
Gobi Vetharatnam ◽  
Li-Jun Jiang ◽  
Hamsalekha A Kumaresan
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Solution ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Microwave Remote Sensing ◽  
Solution Model ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Good Match ◽  
Equivalent Source ◽  
Backscattering Cross Section ◽  
Method Model

This paper analyses the backscattering cross section of a cylinder both using traditional method model and a new numerical solution model, namely Relaxed Hierarchical Equivalent Source Algorithm (RHESA). The purpose of this study is to investigate the prospect of incorporating numerical solution model into volume scattering calculation, to be applied into microwave remote sensing in vegetation area. Results show a good match, suggesting that RHESA may be suitable to be used to model the more complex nature of vegetation medium.

Kelvin and V-like Ship Wakes Affected by Surfactants

2001 ◽  
Vol 45 (02) ◽  
pp. 150-163
Author(s):  
Gregory Zilman ◽  
Touvia Miloh
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Ship Wake ◽  
Backscattering Cross Section ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Ship Wakes ◽  
Half Angle ◽  
Radar Backscattering ◽  
The Green Function ◽  
Theoretical Results

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ship wake images in light wind and calm sea conditions frequently appear in the form of a bright V with a half-angle of 2 to 3 deg. Sophisticated and conflicting explanations of this phenomenon, based on the Bragg scattering mechanism, have been proposed. There is a belief that the narrow V-wake is not a part of the Kelvin wake. An alternative approach, which is not generally accepted, suggests that short divergent Kelvin waves may contribute to the V-wake imaging although these waves are mixed with unsteady surface waves generated by the ship-induced turbulence. Ship-generated divergent waves contaminated by surfactants and their radar backscattering cross section are studied. The hull of the ship is represented by a single layer of hydrodynamic singularities. The Green function of a point source moving below a free surface covered by surfactants is derived. A closed-form asymptotic solution for the far ship wave wake is obtained. It is used to calculate analytically the corresponding radar backscattering cross section. The radiative, viscous, and surfactant-induced decay of the V-wake brightness along the V-arms is discussed. The theoretical results are compared against available experimental data.

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