Characterization of the Upper Slope Sand Dunes in the South China Sea and their Impact on Acoustic Propagation

Abstract

The long-term goal is to understand, parameterize and predict the impact of physical mechanisms on acoustic propagation in the ocean environment. The objective is to numerically investigate the spectral and angular characteristics of acoustic propagation in the vicinity of the shelfbreak due to the presence of the large subaqueous sand dunes on the upper continental slope in the South China Sea (SCS), and in the presence and absence of the episodic trans-basin internal solitary waves (ISW) approaching the shelfbreak.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA575078

Entities

People

  • Benjamin Reeder

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Continental Slopes
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Operations
  • Landforms
  • Ocean Environments
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Passive Sonar
  • Solitons
  • Sonar
  • South China Sea
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Surveys
  • Topography

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Coastal Oceanography