Fluctuations in High Frequency Acoustic Propagation

Abstract

The long-term goals of this work are to understand the influence of environmental variability on fluctuations in the propagation of high frequency acoustic energy with applications to the improvement of acoustic data communications in shallow water. The objective of this research is to investigate experimentally how the temporal and spatial variability of environmental parameters in shallow water is coupled into fluctuations in the observed propagation of high frequency acoustic energy, the impact these fluctuations have on acoustic data telemetry, and how frequency and spatial diversity might be used mitigate these effects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA538292

Entities

People

  • William A. Kuperman
  • William Hodgkiss

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Communications
  • Acoustic Fields
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environment
  • Experimental Data
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Measurement
  • Shallow Water
  • Surface Waves
  • Thermistors
  • Underwater Acoustic Communications
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Radio communications and signal processing.