High-Frequency Broadband Acoustic Scattering from Temperature and Salinity Microstructure: From Non-Linear Internal Waves to Estuarine Plumes

Abstract

The primary objective of the proposed research was to measure high-frequency broadband acoustic backscattering in highly stratified, energetic environments and to determine the contribution to scattering from temperature and salinity microstructure. Testing the validity of existing scattering models and the initial development of new, and/or extension of existing, simple physics-based scattering models was a secondary objective of this work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA541144

Entities

People

  • Andone C. Lavery

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Scattering
  • Backscattering
  • Broadband
  • Data Analysis
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Response
  • Internal Waves
  • Measurement
  • Microstructure
  • Physics
  • Salinity
  • Scattering
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Oceanography.