Environmental forcing of ambient noise in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins of the Arctic Ocean
The AREA 1992 experiment inserted three ANmmT buoys on separate ice floes about 600 ka north of Franz Josof Land. The buoys drifted in unison for most of the experimnt and provided 12-19 months of hourly ambient noise data between 5 and 4000 Hz while obtaining limited weather data. The drift pattern...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/42980 2024-06-09T07:44:30+00:00 Environmental forcing of ambient noise in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins of the Arctic Ocean Feller, David Bourke, Robert H. Wilson, James H. Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 1994-09 174 p. application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/42980 en_US eng Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School ocn640610527 https://hdl.handle.net/10945/42980 This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. NA Thesis 1994 ftnavalpschool 2024-05-15T01:01:22Z The AREA 1992 experiment inserted three ANmmT buoys on separate ice floes about 600 ka north of Franz Josof Land. The buoys drifted in unison for most of the experimnt and provided 12-19 months of hourly ambient noise data between 5 and 4000 Hz while obtaining limited weather data. The drift pattern was neatly divided into five legs of nearly uniform ice velocities in response to major changes in the wind field. The annual median spectra of each buoy were nearly identical at or above 200 Nz but diverged below 200 Hz. The largest differences were recorded between the two closest buoys. The annual spectra wer 10 d4 greater than the long term ]urasian Basin median spectra at all frequencies. The annual median spectra was 6-7 dB greater than th,, CZAR= 1988/89 median spectra below 100 HN but was quieter than CZARIX above 100 Hz. Persistent extreme noise levels above the 95" or below the 5 eS percentiles were rare. Sustained 95• percentile noise levels were caused by the ice field convergence resulting from storms passing near the buoy cluster. Sustained noise levels near the 5"t percentile occurred during periods of slow, steady winds. Temporal coherency of the year-long record ranged from 12-23 hours at all frequencies, comparable to other reported data. Significant energy was found at synoptic periods of 16-148 hours and near the tidal/inertial 12 hour period at all three buoys, implying the smem forcing mechanisms were important in spite of buoy separations up to 300 ka. Spatial coherency between the buoys showed the highest correlation between the closest buoy pair. Differences in correlation coefficients mere mller at higher frequencies due to the increased iportance of local effects at higher frequencies. ce speed was the beat environmental correlate with ambient noise from 5-10 Hz, wind speed was best from 32-100 Hz, and wind stress was best above 100 Hz. Three periods of extreme noise levels (two loud, one quiet), each lasting for several days, were investigated in detail to establish the role of wind ... Thesis Arctic Arctic Ocean Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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The AREA 1992 experiment inserted three ANmmT buoys on separate ice floes about 600 ka north of Franz Josof Land. The buoys drifted in unison for most of the experimnt and provided 12-19 months of hourly ambient noise data between 5 and 4000 Hz while obtaining limited weather data. The drift pattern was neatly divided into five legs of nearly uniform ice velocities in response to major changes in the wind field. The annual median spectra of each buoy were nearly identical at or above 200 Nz but diverged below 200 Hz. The largest differences were recorded between the two closest buoys. The annual spectra wer 10 d4 greater than the long term ]urasian Basin median spectra at all frequencies. The annual median spectra was 6-7 dB greater than th,, CZAR= 1988/89 median spectra below 100 HN but was quieter than CZARIX above 100 Hz. Persistent extreme noise levels above the 95" or below the 5 eS percentiles were rare. Sustained 95• percentile noise levels were caused by the ice field convergence resulting from storms passing near the buoy cluster. Sustained noise levels near the 5"t percentile occurred during periods of slow, steady winds. Temporal coherency of the year-long record ranged from 12-23 hours at all frequencies, comparable to other reported data. Significant energy was found at synoptic periods of 16-148 hours and near the tidal/inertial 12 hour period at all three buoys, implying the smem forcing mechanisms were important in spite of buoy separations up to 300 ka. Spatial coherency between the buoys showed the highest correlation between the closest buoy pair. Differences in correlation coefficients mere mller at higher frequencies due to the increased iportance of local effects at higher frequencies. ce speed was the beat environmental correlate with ambient noise from 5-10 Hz, wind speed was best from 32-100 Hz, and wind stress was best above 100 Hz. Three periods of extreme noise levels (two loud, one quiet), each lasting for several days, were investigated in detail to establish the role of wind ... |
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Environmental forcing of ambient noise in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins of the Arctic Ocean |
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Environmental forcing of ambient noise in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins of the Arctic Ocean |
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Environmental forcing of ambient noise in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins of the Arctic Ocean |
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Environmental forcing of ambient noise in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins of the Arctic Ocean |
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Environmental forcing of ambient noise in the Nansen and Amundsen Basins of the Arctic Ocean |
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environmental forcing of ambient noise in the nansen and amundsen basins of the arctic ocean |
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
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