Basin Acoustic Seamount Scattering Experiment (BASSEX) Data Analysis and Modeling

Abstract

The primary objective of this work is to measure aspects of acoustic propagation that we do not currently understand well (backscattering, effects of bottom roughness, propagation over basalt, 3D propagation, refraction and healing behind a sea-mount), to develop physical intuition from the data and formulate a numerical and theoretical approach to model such phenomena. The objective for this year's effort has been to perform preliminary data analysis and to develop an understanding, through data-model comparisons, of where our physical intuition and understanding is lacking.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA578336

Entities

People

  • Kevin D. Heaney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Backscattering
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Filters
  • Forward Scattering
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Matched Filters
  • Measurement
  • Physics
  • Roughness
  • Scattering
  • Seamounts
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Theoretical Analysis.