Sound Propagation Experiments Conducted under the Polar Ice Pack during the Summer of 1958
During the summer of 1958 the U. S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory made sound propagation measurements in the Arctic Ocean. The group velocity of the shots over an average range of 790 kyds appears to change with time, being highest in early and late summer and lowest in midsummer. The spectrum en...
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1960
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Summary: | During the summer of 1958 the U. S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory made sound propagation measurements in the Arctic Ocean. The group velocity of the shots over an average range of 790 kyds appears to change with time, being highest in early and late summer and lowest in midsummer. The spectrum energy curves for various-sized charges show an average slope of -17 to -24db per octave above cps. It is probable that the pack ice acting as a band rejection filter accounts for the presence of only low frequencies. The transmission loss over a range of 790 kyds averaged 103.5 db. |
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