New England Seamounts Acoustics: Experiment Data Analysis and Modeling
Abstract
A series of joint ocean acoustics and environmental study experiments around the Atlantis II Seamounts on the Gulf Stream pathway has been carried out from 2022 to 2024 under the New England Seamounts Acoustics (NESMA) project supported by the ONR Task Force Ocean (TFO) program. The primary scientific objective is to investigate three-dimensional (3D) sound propagation and scattering off seamounts and to study ambient sound field in the vicinity of the study area. The experiment site has several acoustically important environmental processes and features coupling with each other. These include seamount geology, Gulf Stream dynamics, internal gravity waves, surface waves, and pelagic and benthic biology. Experiment data analyses and numerical modeling are proposed to advance our understanding of 3D seamount acoustics and its interaction with ocean environments. Future research workforce development is also one of the project objectives, and training of students is planned.This abstractis publicly releasable.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Dec 14, 2024
- Source ID
- N000142512017
Entities
People
- Ying-Tsong Lin
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego