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.

Application of Dual-Beam Acoustic Survey Techniques to Limnetic Populations of juvenile Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

1986 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 1776-1788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janusz J. Burczynski ◽  
Robert L. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Sockeye Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Nerka ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Empirical Formulas ◽  
Backscattering Cross Section ◽  
Dual Beam ◽  
Abundance Estimates ◽  
The Mean

Two hydroacoustic surveys of Cultus Lake, British Columbia, were conducted in July 1983 and February 1984 to estimate the size and distribution of the juvenile sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) population. The surveys demonstrated the application of a combined dual-beam/echo integration technique for obtaining accurate abundance estimates and other quantitative data. The dual-beam system measured in situ the target strengths (and backscattering cross section) of individual fish. For each survey the mean backscattering cross section of the sampled population was used to scale the integrator outputs to absolute fish density and abundance estimates. Based on previously derived empirical formulas, the mean target strengths compared well with the mean lengths of fish captured by trawl. For this monospecies population with a dominant single-size group of fish, the variance in integrator outputs was due almost entirely to the spatial distribution of fish and not to the variance in measured backscattering cross sections. The confidence intervals of biomass estimates depend on autocorrelation between consecutive acoustic samples, which is related to the spatial distribution of the surveyed population. Trawl catches indicated that about 95% of the fish in the lake were juvenile sockeye salmon. Population estimates made by hydroacoustics were consistent with other available biological data.

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.

Measurements of the excess volume of benzene-methanol, benzene-acetonitrile and methanol-acetonitrile mixtures by a vibrating-tube densimeter

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Cibulka ◽  
Vladimír Hynek ◽  
Robert Holub ◽  
Jiří Pick
Keyword(s):  
Excess Volume ◽  
Density Measurement ◽  
Indirect Measurement ◽  
Measuring System ◽  
Mean Error ◽  
Shaped Tube ◽  
Underlying Principle ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Vibrating Tube Densimeter

A digital vibrating-tube densimeter was constructed for measuring the density of liquids at several temperatures. The underlying principle of the apparatus is the measurement of the period of eigen-vibrations of a V-shaped tube; the second power of the period of the vibrations is proportional to the density of the liquid in the tube. The temperature of the measuring system is controlled by an electronic regulator. The mean error in the density measurement is approximately ±1 . 10-5 g cm-3 at 25 °C and ±2 . 10-5 g cm-3 at 40 °C. The apparatus was used for an indirect measurement of the excess volume, tested with the benzene-cyclohexane system and further used for determining the excess volume of the benzene-methanol, benzene-acetonitrile and methanol-acetonitrile systems at 25 and 40 °C.

scholarly journals Sources of Variability in the Response of Labeled Microspheres and B Cells during the Analysis by a Flow Cytometer

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (15) ◽  
pp. 8256
Author(s):  
Adolfas K. Gaigalas ◽  
Yu-Zhong Zhang ◽  
Linhua Tian ◽  
Lili Wang
Keyword(s):  
B Cells ◽  
Laser Beam ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Mean Fluorescence Intensity ◽  
Numerical Aperture ◽  
Flow Cytometer ◽  
Fluorescence Signal ◽  
Minor Importance ◽  
Reliable Measure ◽  
The Mean

A stochastic model of the flow cytometer measurement process was developed to assess the nature of the observed coefficient of variation (CV%) of the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) from a population of labeled microspheres (beads). Several sources of variability were considered: the total number of labels on a bead, the path through the laser beam, the optical absorption cross-section, the quantum yield, the numerical aperture of the collection optics, and the photoelectron conversion efficiency of the photomultiplier (PMT) cathode. The variation in the number of labels on a bead had the largest effect on the CV% of the MFI of the bead population. The variation in the path of the bead through the laser beam was minimized using flat-top lasers. The variability in the average optical properties of the labels was of minor importance for beads with sufficiently large number of labels. The application of the bead results to the measured CV% of labeled B cells indicated that the measured CV% was a reliable measure of the variability of antibodies bound per cell. With some modifications, the model can be extended to multicolor flow cytometers and to the study of CV% from cells with low fluorescence signal.

Effects of Pin Shape and Array Orientation on Heat Transfer and Pressure Loss in Pin Fin Arrays

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 252-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Metzger ◽  
C. S. Fan ◽  
S. W. Haley
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Circular Cross Section ◽  
Cycle Performance ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Cooling Air

Modern high-performance gas turbine engines operate at high turbine inlet temperatures and require internal convection cooling of many of the components exposed to the hot gas flow. Cooling air is supplied from the engine compressor at a cost to cycle performance and a design goal is to provide necessary cooling with the minimum required cooling air flow. In conjunction with this objective, two families of pin fin array geometries which have potential for improving airfoil internal cooling performance were studied experimentally. One family utilizes pins of a circular cross section with various orientations of the array with respect to the mean flow direction. The second family utilizes pins with an oblong cross section with various pin orientations with respect to the mean flow direction. Both heat transfer and pressure loss characteristics are presented. The results indicate that the use of circular pins with array orientation between staggered and inline can in some cases increase heat transfer while decreasing pressure loss. The use of elongated pins increases heat transfer, but at a high cost of increased pressure loss. In conjunction with the present measurements, previously published results were reexamined in order to estimate the magnitude of heat transfer coefficients on the pin surfaces relative to those of the endwall surfaces. The estimate indicates that the pin surface coefficients are approximately double the endwall values.

A theory of incoherent scattering of radio waves by a plasma

1960 ◽  
Vol 259 (1296) ◽  
pp. 79-99 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Thermal Fluctuations ◽  
Incoherent Scattering ◽  
Doppler Broadening ◽  
Radio Waves ◽  
Central Frequency ◽  
Resonance Effects ◽  
Doppler Shifts ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Free Plasma

A theory is developed which describes the scattering of radio waves by the random thermal fluctuations of electron density in a collision-free plasma. The frequency spectrum, as well as the amplitude, of the scattered radiation is calculated. Particular attention is paid to the part of the spectrum which corresponds to small Doppler shifts, this being the region of greatest significance in connexion with the phenomenon of incoherent scattering from the ionosphere. The calculations are based on a generalized version of Nyquist’s noise theorem, and they lead to the following conclusions: (1) The mean scattering cross-section for the ionosphere is equal to that which would exist if each of the electrons scattered independently with a cross-section of one-half the classical Thomson cross-section. (2) The mean Doppler broadening of the scattered signal corresponds roughly to the speed of the ions rather than to that of the electrons. (3) The spectral shape of this signal is not Gaussian. There is a mild maximum in the spectrum away from the central frequency, as can be seen in figure 1. (4) Plasma resonance effects contribute only negligibly to the scattering for frequencies currently of interest.

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