Canada Basin Acoustic Propagation Experiment (CANAPE)

Abstract

The Arctic Ocean is undergoing dramatic changes in both the ice cover and ocean structure. Changes in sea ice and the water column affect both acoustic propagation and ambient noise. This implies that what was learned about Arctic acoustics during the Cold War is now obsolete. The goal of the Canada Basin Acoustic Propagation Experiment (CANAPE) is to determine the fundamental limits to the use of acoustic methods and signal processing imposed by ice and ocean processes in the new Arctic. The hope is that these first few new steps will lead to a larger, permanent acoustic monitoring, navigation, and communications network in the Arctic Ocean (Mikhalevsky et al., 2015).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1013930

Entities

People

  • Peter F. Worcester

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Navigation
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Tomography
  • Acoustics
  • Ambient Noise
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Birds
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Observing Systems
  • Oceans
  • Pilot Studies
  • Sea Ice
  • Signal Processing
  • Water

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design