Accession Number:

ADA048732

Title:

A Note on Sound Ray Tracing Through a Gulf Stream Eddy in the Sargasso Sea.

Descriptive Note:

Technical note,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Gemmill,W.
• Khedouri,E.

Report Date:

1974-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

Demonstrates the effects of a cold Gulf Stream eddy on convergence mode sound propagation. The eddy refracts sound rays into the deep sound channel and destroys cyclic convergence zones. Author

Descriptors:

• *OCEAN CURRENTS
• *TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
• *UNDERWATER SOUND
• *ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
• TEMPERATURE
• LOW TEMPERATURE
• VERTICAL ORIENTATION
• SALINITY
• SEA WATER
• GULF STREAM
• DEEP WATER
• ACOUSTIC REFRACTION
• CONVERGENCE ZONES
• SARGASSO SEA

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Seismology
• Acoustic Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE