UNDER-ICE ACOUSTICS AT HIGH FREQUENCIES.

An arctic field expedition was made to drifting station ARLIS IV, 120 miles north of Barrow, Alaska, in April 1965. Under-ice acoustic measurements of ambient noise, reverberation, absorption losses, and propagation were made and supporting data on water temperature, salinity, and ionic constituents...

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Main Author: Greene,Charles R.
Other Authors: GM DEFENSE RESEARCH LABS SANTA BARBARA CALIF SEA OPERATIONS DEPT
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
(*ARCTIC REGIONS
ACOUSTICS)
(*ACOUSTICS
ARCTIC REGIONS)
(*ICE
SOUND TRANSMISSION)
(*UNDERWATER SOUND
ICE ISLANDS
TEST FACILITIES
HYDROPHONES
OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
HIGH FREQUENCY
NOISE
NAVAL RESEARCH
Arctic
Knudsen
Barrow
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0622823
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Summary:An arctic field expedition was made to drifting station ARLIS IV, 120 miles north of Barrow, Alaska, in April 1965. Under-ice acoustic measurements of ambient noise, reverberation, absorption losses, and propagation were made and supporting data on water temperature, salinity, and ionic constituents were collected. The ambient noise level at 19 kHz exceeded the Knudsen sea state six value for short intervals, but the levels at 34 and 42 kHz were not observed above the Knudsen values for sea state one. An active local ice field accounts for the high levels. Reverberation scattering strengths depend upon the presence of ice keels. Absorption coefficients at frequencies from 20 to 50 kHz are significantly lower than those predicted by Schulkin and Marsh's equation. (Author)

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