Bottom Backscattering Measured Off the Southwest Coast of Florida During the Littoral Warfare Advanced Development 98-2 Experiment

Abstract

Measurements of ocean bottom backscattering were performed in a shallow water environment off the southwest coast of Florida as part of the Littoral Warfare Advanced Development 98-2 Experiment. Scattering strengths were obtained from 1.5 to 4.5 kHz as a function of grazing angle. Scattering strengths were in the -25 to -35 dB range and showed no clear frequency dependence. The grazing angle dependence could be fit adequately by assuming a dependence of scattering strength on the sine of the grazing angle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 04, 1998
Accession Number
ADA353039

Entities

People

  • Edward L. Kunz

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Active Sonar
  • Backscattering
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geometry
  • Grazing
  • Grazing Angles
  • Littoral Warfare
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Reverberation
  • Scattering
  • Transmission Loss
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.