Geoacoustic Models of the Sea Floor: Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, and Somali Basin

Abstract

The objectives of this investigation were as follows: to determine and study those characteristics of the sea floor that affect the propagation of sound and the predictions of low-frequency surveillance-system performance; to support specific underwater acoustic experiments in the northwestern Indian Ocean during the BEARING STAKE exercise by furnishing information on acoustic and related properties of sediment and rock layers in the form of geoacoustic models of the sea floor; and to produce additional geoacoustic models of the sea floor to allow extrapolation of the results of the bottom-loss experiments into adjacent areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 1979
Accession Number
ADC019472

Entities

People

  • Edwin L. Hamilton
  • Richard T. Bachman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Reflection
  • Acoustics
  • Arabian Sea
  • Geophysics
  • Indian Ocean
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Ridges
  • Sea Water
  • Seabed
  • Secondary Waves
  • Sedimentary Rocks
  • Sonar
  • Topography
  • Turbidity Currents

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers