Continued Analysis of High-Frequency Broadband Acoustic Scattering from Non-Linear Internal Waves during SW06

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS: To understand high-frequency broadband acoustic backscattering from small-scale physical processes, such as internal waves, turbulence, and microstructure, in shallow, stratified waters. OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of the overall research program 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 extensions 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, 2010
Accession Number
ADA542102

Entities

People

  • Andone C. Lavery

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Phenomena
  • Acoustic Scattering
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Backscattering
  • Bandwidth
  • Broadband
  • Data Analysis
  • Fish
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Internal Waves
  • Oceanography
  • Scattering
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Marine Mammal Biology