Criticality of Ocean Fronts to ASW Operations

Abstract

Anomalous thermal features caused by oceanic fronts or eddies are described in the Gulf Stream. Then effects on sound propagation, sonar ranges, convergence zone use, VDS sonar depth, ambient noise and volume reverberation are analyzed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
ADA046567

Entities

People

  • Robin James

Organizations

  • Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ambient Noise
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Classification
  • Cold Water
  • Convergence Zones (Sonar)
  • Detection
  • Gulf Stream
  • Monitoring
  • Noise
  • Oceans
  • Operations Research
  • Sargasso Sea
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Sonar Ranging
  • Surface Temperature
  • Task Forces
  • Temperature Gradients

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Oceanography.