Observations of Breaking Waves Using Vertical Line Arrays.

Abstract

Ambient noise data were collected with two vertical arrays during a surface breaking wave experiment conducted 22 March-5 April 1995, North East of San Clemente Island. Conventional beamforming is applied to the data and the beamformed outputs reveal signatures of acoustic sources moving across the sea surface. Simultaneous video observations confirm that the detected acoustic sources are indeed associated with breaking surface waves. Further efforts are needed to develop an event identifications scheme for systematic analysis of the data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA306541

Entities

People

  • Li Ding

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ambient Noise
  • Identification
  • Observation
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Oceanography.