Fiscal 1999 Year- end Report to ONR Code 321OA Physics of Seismic Interface Waves in the Surf Zone

Abstract

LONG TERM GOALS. We are working to develop the basic physics of micro seismo-acoustics so that seismic sonar can then be engineered, for the detection of mines buried in sea floor sediments and in the surf zone and perhaps on land. OBJECTIVES. We seek to determine the potential of seismo-acoustic interface waves for the detection of objects buried just beneath the water-sediment or air-sediment interface. We seek to determine how these different wave types propagate in the surf zone sediments, and which may be best suited for mine detection and classification, and how the echo signals may best be processed to reject false targets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA636746

Entities

People

  • Steven Baker
  • Thomas Muir

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Acquisition
  • Aspect Angle
  • Buried Objects
  • Data Acquisition
  • Elastic Waves
  • Engineering
  • False Targets
  • Hidden Markov Models
  • Measurement
  • Military Applications
  • Physics
  • Seabed
  • Signal Processing
  • Theses
  • Waves

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Coastal Oceanography