Acoustic Propagation Through Sound Speed Heterogeneity

Abstract

The goal of this work is to quantitatively understand the effects on low-frequency, long-range ocean acoustic propagation by small-scale variability in the sound speed. These variations are due to internal waves and to "spice", temperature and salinity variations that don't affect the water density.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531751

Entities

People

  • Frank S. Henyey

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Displacement
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Heterogeneity
  • Internal Waves
  • Measurement
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Ray Tracing
  • Salinity
  • Shallow Water
  • Surface Waves
  • Water
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.