Arctic Acoustic Propagation Model with Ice Scattering.

• Main Authors: Gordon,D F, Bucker,H P
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1984
• Subjects: Acoustics; *SOUND TRANSMISSION; *ACOUSTIC SCATTERING; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; INCOHERENT SCATTERING; UNDERWATER SOUND; TRANSMISSION LOSS; SEA ICE; ARCTIC REGIONS; PE62759N; WU712MA43; Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA149430; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA149430

An underwater sound propagation program has been adapted to Arctic use. The program enables computation of the coherent sound field with normal modes and the incoherent surface scattered field by integrating over ray paths from the surface to the source and receiver. For Arctic use, ice scattering and ice loss functions have been developed by comparing computed losses with Arctic propagation loss data. The sensitivity of the computed losses to the form of the scattering function is determined for one frequency. A difference in ice loss between summer and winter is hypothesized, but the data are insufficient to check the hypothesis. (Author)