Improving predictions of mid-frequency sound propagation and reverberation in a deep ice-covered ocean

Abstract

This one-year effort is aimed to investigate possibilities for improving predictions of mid-frequency sound transmission and reverberation in a deep ice-covered ocean at short and medium ranges. The project suggests developing a physics-based model that accounts for roughness of the seafloor and sea ice, as well as for stratification of the deep arctic ocean water. The model will be used for a trial analysis of a dataset collected by a NPS team during ICEX16 using mobile sources transmitting various mid-frequency waveforms, CW pulses and LFM sweeps, at various combinations of source-receiver ranges and depths. The spatial and time-frequency structure of multi-path propagation arrivals and reverberation caused by multiple reflections and scattering from rough ice and bottom will beanalyzed, and results of model-data comparisons will be presented.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
May 05, 2021
Source ID
N000142112421

Entities

People

  • Anatoliy Ivakin

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy
  • University of Washington

Tags

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies