Characterizing the Surf Zone with Ambient Noise Measurements

Abstract

The long term goal is to utilize the underwater sound generated by breaking surf to characterize properties of the littoral zone environment such as beach slope and sea floor composition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA626800

Entities

People

  • Grant B Deane

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Absorption
  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Properties
  • Acoustics
  • Ambient Noise
  • Data Sets
  • Environment
  • Field Conditions
  • Frequency Bands
  • Hot Spots
  • Littoral Zones
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Measurement
  • Noise
  • Seabed
  • Underwater Sound

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers