Shallow Water Coupled Scattering and Reflection Measurements

Abstract

The characteristics of shallow water reverberation are often controlled by interaction with the seabed. This interaction includes both reflection and scattering processes. New techniques for measuring shallow water reflection and scattering have been developed that are coupled. The coupled nature of the measurements implies not only that they arc conducted at the same locations, but that the measurements of the reflection provide significant keys for unravelling the scattering data. In particular, very high resolution geoaeoustic data are extracted from the reflection data, which provide crucial inputs for the modelling of the scattering data 1-6 kHz reflection and scattering measurements from the Malta Plateau illustrate the advantages of the coupled measurement approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA397714

Entities

People

  • Charles W. Holland

Organizations

  • SACLANT ASW Research Centre

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Agreements
  • Backscattering
  • Data Processing
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Grazing Angles
  • High Angles
  • Low Angles
  • Measurement
  • Nato
  • Reflection
  • Repetition Rate
  • Scattering
  • Seabed
  • Shallow Water
  • Time Domain

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Theoretical Analysis.