Sonar Signal-Gain Limits from Internal Waves

• Main Author: Flatte, Stanley M.
• Other Authors: MITRE CORP MCLEAN VA JASON PROGRAM OFFICE
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Acoustic Detection and Detectors; *SONAR SIGNALS; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; WATER MASSES; LOW FREQUENCY; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; INTERNAL WAVES; BUOYANCY; Munk; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA357527; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA357527

This report will present the state of knowledge of internal-wave effects from the point of view of low-frequency sonar systems, and will make recommendations to the sonar-system designer and operator as to when to expect internal-wave effects to become important. It will also explain where oceanogra...