| Title: |
Comparison of Coherent to Incoherent Kirchhoff-Ray-Mode (KRM) Models in Predicting Backscatter by Swim-Bladder-Bearing Fish. |
| Authors: |
Li, Chao, Chu, Dezhang, Horne, John, Li, Haisen |
| Source: |
Journal of Marine Science & Engineering; Mar2023, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p473, 14p |
| Subject Terms: |
BACKSCATTERING, FISH locomotion, X-ray imaging, ANATOMICAL variation, BODY size, FORECASTING, ACOUSTICS |
| Abstract: |
The Kirchhoff-Ray-Mode (KRM) model has been used in fishery acoustics for more than two decades to predict backscatter by individuals or aggregations of swimbladdered fish. Backscatter contributions from a fluid-like fish body and gas-filled swimbladder are coherently summed to estimate backscatter from the whole fish. For field applications, where morphologies and orientations of individual fish and their swimbladders are unknown, the coherent KRM model based on a limited number of X-ray images containing precise morphological information on swimbladders, body sizes and orientations may not provide statistically stable and robust backscatter predictions. An incoherent KRM model is proposed, which is independent of the exact knowledge of body–swimbladder acoustic interactions. When backscatter contributions from fish bodies and swimbladders are comparable, differences in coherent and incoherent KRM model target strength (TS) predictions can be as high as a few decibels. Incoherent TS predictions as a function of frequency and orientation are statistically more stable and less sensitive to variations in anatomy among individual fish than those predicted using the traditional coherent KRM model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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