Acoustic Seaglider: Planning for the Philippine Sea
Abstract
We want to integrate acoustics across naval and oceanographic applications. On one hand active and passive acoustics are used to detect submarines. On the other hand, acoustics are used to measure and better understand the ocean environment of the detection problem. Acoustics are essential to the underwater "infrastructure" tasks of navigation, communications, and time transfer. In all cases, the detailed understanding of acoustic propagation, ocean variability, temporal and spatial coherence ambient sound and the assimilation of data in models is essential for improved systems performance and the quantification of the associated uncertainty. Within the context of the Quantifying, Predicting, and Exploiting (QPE) Uncertainty DRI activity in the Philippine Sea, Seagliders can serve as a multipurpose platform for acoustics to support research in acoustic propagation, tomography, ambient sound, navigation, and communications. Assimilating data into models will improve oceanographic and acoustic predictions; this will test many elements of the integrated end-to-end data-modeling-prediction-detection system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 31, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA484613
Entities
People
- Bruce M Howe
Organizations
- University of Washington