Arctic Acoustic Propagation Model with Ice Scattering

Abstract

An underwater sound propagation program has been adapted to Arctic use. The program enables computation of the coherent sound field with normal modes and the incoherent surface scattered field by integrating over ray paths from the surface to the source and receiver. For Arctic use, ice scattering and ice loss functions have been developed by comparing computed losses with Arctic propagation loss data. The sensitivity of the computed losses to the form of the scattering function is determined for one frequency. A difference in ice loss between summer and winter is hypothesized, but the data are insufficient to check the hypothesis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149430

Entities

People

  • D. Gordon
  • H. P. Bucker

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Channels
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Availability
  • Computations
  • Data Sets
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Grazing Angles
  • Reflection
  • Scattering
  • Standards
  • Three Dimensional
  • Underwater Sound
  • Water
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference