The relationship between acoustic bottom loss and the geoacoustic properties of the sediment

Author

McCammon, Diana F.

Author_Institution

Appl. Res. Lab., State College, PA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

31 Oct-2 Nov 1988

Firstpage

304

Abstract

The author reports a study of the functional variations between acoustic bottom loss from 50-1500 Hz and the sediment geoacoustic parameters of density, sound speed, thickness and attenuation. She shows simple relationships between certain of these parameters and specific angular regions of the loss curves. These relationships permit bottom losses to be estimated directly from the geoacoustic parameters without the need to exercise complex layer modeling

Keywords

acoustic wave absorption; losses; sediments; underwater sound; 50 Hz to 1.5 kHz; acoustic bottom loss; functional variations; loss curves; sediment geoacoustic parameters; sound speed; Acoustic scattering; Acoustic waves; Attenuation; Educational institutions; Laboratories; Oceans; Physics; Propagation losses; Reflection; Sediments;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '88. A Partnership of Marine Interests. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1988.23517

Filename

23517

Link To Document

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