Deterministic Reverberation from Ocean Ridges

Abstract

The deterministic relationship between low-frequency reverberation and detailed geomorphology is documented for wide-area insonifications of the western Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Charted reverberation registers precisely with extended ridges and has a high correlation with negative transmission loss, confirming previous analysis with lower resolution data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA635725

Entities

People

  • Lilimar Z. Avelino
  • Nicholas C. Makris
  • Richard Menis

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Backscattering
  • Convergence Zones (Sonar)
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Diffraction
  • Frequency
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Ocean Ridges
  • Reverberation
  • Ridges
  • Scattering
  • Seabed
  • Surveys

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Oceanography.