Underwater Ambient Noise. Proceedings of a Conference Held at SACLANTCEN on 11-14 May 1982. Volume 2. Unclassified Papers. Part 1

Contents: BACKGROUND--Role of propagation in ambient noise; MECHANISMS--Acoustic source characteristics of merchant ships; Flow-noise interference in measurements of infrasonic ambient noise; LOW-FREQUENCY PHENOMENA--Low-frequency seismic and hydroacoustic noise measurements in a fjord; Seismic and...

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Main Authors: Wagstaff, Ronald A, Bluy, Orest Z
Other Authors: SACLANT ASW RESEARCH CENTRE LA SPEZIA (ITALY)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1982
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Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA125323
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Summary:Contents: BACKGROUND--Role of propagation in ambient noise; MECHANISMS--Acoustic source characteristics of merchant ships; Flow-noise interference in measurements of infrasonic ambient noise; LOW-FREQUENCY PHENOMENA--Low-frequency seismic and hydroacoustic noise measurements in a fjord; Seismic and hydroacoustic sensing of infrasonic noise in coastal waters; MEASUREMENTS AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES--Le programme Ulysse; Arctic ambient noise statistical measurement results and their implications to sonar performance improvements; Acoustic ambient noise in the Barents Sea; Depth dependence of directionality of ambient noise in the North Pacific: experimental data and equipment design; Ambient noise levels in the northeast Pacific ocean as measured by aircraft-dropped sonobuoys; PROCESSING TECHNIQUES--A real-time system for towed-array calibration and performance analysis, or how to get 50 dB sidelobes from a towed array; Notes on the interpretation of ambient noise statistics. See also Volume 2, Part 2, ADA125324 and Volume 1, ADC028982.