Hatteras Abyssal Plain Low Frequency Bottom Loss Measurements

Bottom-loss measurements were made for frequencies less than 800 Hz at three stations in the Hatteras Abyssal Plain. The stations were each separated approximately 55 km along 70 deg. 30'W longitude. The data acquisition procedure was to launch two self-recording submersibles (AUTOBUOYS) and th...

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Main Authors: Herstein, Peter D., Dullea, Robert K., Santaniello, Salvatore R.
Other Authors: NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTEMS CENTER NEW LONDON CT NEW LONDON LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1979
Subjects:
Acoustic Detection and Detectors
Acoustics
*UNDERWATER SOUND SIGNALS
*BOTTOM LOSS
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT
UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ABYSSAL ZONES
SEDIMENTS
LOW FREQUENCY
OCEAN BOTTOM SOILS
SONOBUOYS
ACOUSTIC REFLECTION
ACOUSTIC REFRACTION
Hatteras Abyssal Plain
PE62759N
WU19345
LPN-NUSC-A-650-06
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA070267
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA070267
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Summary:Bottom-loss measurements were made for frequencies less than 800 Hz at three stations in the Hatteras Abyssal Plain. The stations were each separated approximately 55 km along 70 deg. 30'W longitude. The data acquisition procedure was to launch two self-recording submersibles (AUTOBUOYS) and then maneuever from and to the launch site detonating explosives as the AUTOBUOYS recorded data. Because of the experimental geometry, the direct and bottom-interacting signals were time-separated as they arrived at the AUTOBUOYS. Thus, a 'self-calibrating' processing procedure could be used to compute bottom loss values. Bottom loss versus grazing angles (5-66 deg) was obtained over a wide bandwidth (90-790 Hz) and for a number of narrow bandwidths (1/3 octave and less). Broadband results were found to be homologous between stations, whereas the narrowband results were less correlated. Negative bottom loss values were also observed. Analyses of the impulse responses for the southern station also aided in developing a geophysical description of the sediment structure. The derived structure consists of a thin (21 m), constant sound-speed layer overlaying a thick layer having a linear depth-dependent sound speed. This structure is representative of a class of documented subbottom sediment structures that can support the propagation of low-frequency acoustic signals traversing non-plane wave reflected and refracted acoustic paths.

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