The Effect of Small-Scale Ocean Fluctations on Ocean Acoustic Transmission

Abstract

To understand the behavior of a scalar field propagating in a waveguide with inhomogeneous, anisotropic, small-scale structure. Oceanographically, to connect the results of sound transmission and scattering experiments to known or hypothesized structures within the hydrosphere, such as internal tides, internal waves, or microstructure, with account taken of ocean anisotropy, inhomogeneity, and the sound channel.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA629526

Entities

People

  • Stanley M. Flatte

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Cruz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Anisotropy
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Equations
  • Integrals
  • Internal Waves
  • Microstructure
  • Path Integrals
  • Scattering
  • Simulations
  • Sound Transmission
  • Travel Time
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waveguides
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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