DocumentCode
287874
Title
Ocean bottom acoustic interactions in MCM
Author
Chotiros, Nicholas P.
Author_Institution
Appl. Res. Lab., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1994
fDate
13-16 Sep 1994
Abstract
Sonar performance in shallow water is limited for the most part by bottom acoustic interactions. It had been assumed that the bottom may be treated as an elastic solid and that backscatter at shallow grazing angles was mainly caused by bottom roughness. Experimental results indicate that sandy sediments should be treated as a porous solid and that backscatter is mostly due to scattering from within the sediment volume
Keywords
backscatter; distance measurement; sonar; sonar target recognition; underwater sound; MCM; backscatter; mine counter measures; ocean bottom acoustic interactions; porous solid; sandy sediments; sediment volume; shallow grazing angles; shallow water; sonar performance; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic scattering; Attenuation; Backscatter; Oceans; Reverberation; Sea measurements; Sediments; Solids; Sonar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS '94. 'Oceans Engineering for Today's Technology and Tomorrow's Preservation.' Proceedings
Conference_Location
Brest
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2056-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1994.364050
Filename
364050
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