Title :
The ocean acoustic environment in the lower Chesapeake bay: factors influencing the forward problem
Author :
Anderson, Emily M. ; Kelly, Karen ; Fornshell, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA
Abstract :
Seasonal changes in the vertical and horizontal sound velocity field in the lower Chesapeake Bay were found to produce conditions favorable to cross bay sound transmissions in the summer and not in winter.
Keywords :
acoustic tomography; oceanographic techniques; cross bay sound transmissions; horizontal sound velocity field; lower Chesapeake bay; ocean acoustic environment; summer; winter; Conductivity; Economic forecasting; Educational institutions; Environmental economics; Inverse problems; Mouth; Ocean temperature; Sea measurements; Time measurement; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2003. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-933957-30-0
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178645