Calibration of Hydrophone Stations: Lessons Learned from the Ascension Island Experiment

• Main Authors: Harben, Philip E., Rodgers, Arthur J.
• Other Authors: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Acoustic Detection and Detectors; Acoustics; *CALIBRATION; *ASCENSION ISLAND; *UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; MONITORING; WAVEFORMS; BATHYMETRY; WAVE PROPAGATION; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; CONVOLUTION; UNDERWATER SOUND; OCEAN BOTTOM; LESSONS LEARNED; SYMPOSIA; HYDROPHONES; HYDROACOUSTICS; NDC(NATIONAL DATA CENTER); MILS(MISSILE IMPACT LOCATION SYSTEM); IDC(INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTRE); PIDC(PROTOTYPE INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTRE); DECONVOLVED; SOFAR(SOUND FIXING AND RADAR); Orleans; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA526839; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA526839

Calibration of hydroacoustic stations for nuclear explosion monitoring is important for increasing monitoring capability and confidence from newly installed stations and from existing stations. Calibration of hydroacoustic stations is herein defined as the near-field precision location of the hydrop...