Seabed acoustics of a sand ridge on the New Jersey continental shelf

J Acoust Soc Am. 2008 Sep;124(3):EL151-6. doi: 10.1121/1.2960977.

Abstract

Acoustic measurements were made on a sand ridge on the New Jersey continental shelf. Data collected on two L arrays separated by 20 km from a single multi-frequency tow suggest small horizontal environmental variability. Values for the sound speed structure of the seabed are extracted by first applying a geo-acoustic inversion method to broadband and narrowband acoustic data from short-range sources. Then, a parabolic equation algorithm is used to properly include the bathymetry and sub-bottom layering. Finally, the frequency dependence of the seabed attenuation is inferred by optimizing the model fit to long-range transmission loss data in the 50-3000 Hz band.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acoustics*
  • Algorithms
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Geologic Sediments / chemistry*
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Motion
  • New Jersey
  • Porosity
  • Radar
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Sound
  • Sound Spectrography
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Silicon Dioxide