Accession Number:

AD1007680

Title:

Three-Dimensional Shallow Water Acoustics

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Jan 2013,31 Dec 2015

Corporate Author:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole United States

Personal Author(s):

• Lin,Ying-Tsong

Report Date:

2016-03-30

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

Both physical oceanographic processes and marine geological features in the areas of continental shelf and shelfbreak can cause horizontal heterogeneity in medium properties, so horizontal refraction and reflection of sound can occur and produce significant three-dimensional 3-D sound propagation effects. The long-term goals of this project are targeted on understanding the 3-D acoustic effects, and their temporal and spatial variability, caused by the environmental factors existing commonly in the continental shelf and shelfbreak areas, such as slopes, submarine canyons, sub-bottom layers, surface waves, internal waves and shelfbreak fronts.

Descriptors:

• continental shelves
• acoustics
• three dimensional
• surface waves
• propagation
• Marine geology
• heterogeneity
• sound
• refraction
• reflection
• slope
• submarine canyons
• surface waves
• internal waves

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE