In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 69, No. S1 ( 1981-05-01), p. S58-S58
Abstract:
Measurements were made of the propagation loss across a seamount of the Louisville Ridge east of New Zealand in 1978. This seamount rises from a depth of some 5000 m to within 490 m of the surface, considerably above the SOFAR axis depth of 1200 m. The measured values of propagation loss recorded by two mid-water receivers for source depths of 244 and 1220 m are compared with the predictions of models of an increasing order of complexity. The simplest model assumes cylindrical spreading plus attenuation up to the seamount, followed by an extra shadowing loss given by SL = 22.2 + 10 log10 (f/230) where the frequency f is in hertz. This model, which is based on the laboratory experiments of Medwin and Spaulding [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Suppl. 1 66, S76 (1979)], gives a good description for the 1220-m source depth. The data are also compared with the predictions of (i) a modified normal mode model which also incorporates the Medwin-Spaulding shadowing loss beyond the seamount, and (ii) range-dependent computer models.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
1981
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1461063-2
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