MEASUREMENTS OF SOUND VELOCITY MADE WHILE ANCHORED IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS BASIN,

Abstract

An NBS velocimeter was used to obtain measurements of the fluctuations in the velocity of sound at three shallow depths in the Virgin Islands Basin. The instrument was suspended from an anchored ship. During one run a simultaneous measurement was made with a resonantcavity meter. The observed fluctuations are characterized in terms of the coefficient of variation and the autocorrelation function. The method of analysis was designed to reduce the effects of instrument motion upon the result. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 18, 1963
Accession Number
AD0429772

Entities

People

  • Albert N. Guthrie
  • John D. Shaffer

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autocorrelation
  • Coefficients
  • Data Science
  • Depth
  • Information Science
  • Islands
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Shallow Depth
  • Velocimeters
  • Virgin Islands

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Oceanography.