ESTIMATION OF THE STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE OCEAN BOTTOM. PART I. A SURVEY OF THEORY AND EXPERIMENT. PART II. INTERPRETATION OF MARINE GEOPHYSICAL DATA

Abstract

The reflection and scattering of acoustic signals by the bottom of the ocean depends upon the physical properties of the bottom and the wavelength spectrum of the signals. On the basis of the frequency and grazing angle dependence of the reflected or scattered signals, physical properties such as the densities, acoustic velocities of subbottom layers, and the rms roughness of the layers can be estimated.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0670548

Entities

People

  • C. S. Clay

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Signals
  • Acoustic Velocity
  • Bottom Loss
  • Diffraction
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Grazing
  • Grazing Angles
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Reflection
  • Scattering
  • Seabed
  • Signal Processing
  • Sonar
  • Spectra
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.