Bubble Clustering in the Ocean and Acoustic Implications

Abstract

This research is intended to further the understanding of how high-frequency acoustic fields interact with bubble clouds in highly dynamic environments (e.g., in ship wakes or near the ocean surface). The results of this type of research can be used to help refine high frequency sonar performance models, to select optimal sonar frequencies, and to refine detection and classification routines. The results of this research can also be used to refine acoustic inversion techniques for estimating parameters related to bubble clouds in the ocean (e.g., void fraction, bubble size distribution).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA509542

Entities

People

  • Thomas C. Weber

Organizations

  • University of New Hampshire

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Fields
  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Phenomena
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Attenuation
  • Clustering
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • New Hampshire
  • Observation
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Scattering

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.