Simulation of Acoustic Multipath Arrival Structure in the Barents Sea

Abstract

In support of the Barents Sea Polar Front Experiment (BSPFEX) in September 1992 (Barents Sea Polar Front Group, 1992), the planned 224 Hz tomography signal transmissions from a near bottom sound source to a vertical receiver array consisting of 16 hydrophones were simulated. Acoustic rays were traced to the receiver array at a range of 50 km using the NOAA Hamiltonian Raytracing Program for the Ocean (HARPO). Input to HARPO was a mathematical ocean environment based on historical bathymetric and sound speed data. Acoustic multipath arrival structure was constructed through eigenray searches and estimation of raytube spreading and surface and bottom losses. A resolvability analysis of the simulated arrival structure reveals that there are a total of 49 unique resolvable ray arrivals. Among them; 42 are from individual omnidirectional hydrophones and 7 from plane wave beamforming. Acoustic Tomography, Ocean Acoustics, Oceanography, Barents Sea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA256723

Entities

People

  • John M. Elliott

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Properties
  • Acoustic Tomography
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Barents Sea
  • Bottom Loss
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineering
  • Geographic Regions
  • Ocean Acoustic Tomography
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Plane Waves
  • Reflection
  • Sea Water
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.