North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory - Underway CTD and SeaSoar Observations

Abstract

As the limits of long-range sonar are affected by ocean variability, the overarching goal of this work is to characterize, understand, and -predict sound-speed variability in the upper ocean. Sound speed is a function of the ocean state variables temperature T, salinity S, which are themselves affected by such processes as stirring, mixing and internal waves. A long-range goal is thus the inversion of acoustic data to measure these processes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 23, 2007
Accession Number
ADA470201

Entities

People

  • Daniel L. Rudnick

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Birds
  • Instructions
  • Internal Waves
  • Inversion
  • Measurement
  • Mixing
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Order Statistics
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Probability
  • Reflection
  • Salinity
  • Spectra
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Oceanography.
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