In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 132, No. 3_Supplement ( 2012-09-01), p. 2094-2094
Abstract:
Increasing demands for high accuracy and rapid measurement of sound speed have prompted the development of portable sound velocimeter in oceanography. Generally, sound speed can be established by CTD or TD (Time Delayed) method respectively. CTD method suffers from errors of corresponding sensors and application range of the converting equations. TD method, sing-around technique representative, is widely used in portable velocimeter. The accuracy of TD is proportional to receiving SNR and signal length. The duration of tone burst in convenient sing-around is limited by multi-echo, thus only a few valid data can be utilized. To address the problems, DSSS (Direct-Sequence-Spread-Spectrum) signal in continuous form is adopted to extract the TD directly, with which sound speed could be established related to laboratory derived equations, Del Grosso’s equation representative. Based on this method, two separate transducers were deployed with constant distance. Cross-correlation between received and transmitted (orthogonal form) signals is computed. Combine Time-of-Flight and Phase-Shift, the TD can be derived by two processes, the peak detecting of cross-correlation envelope and carrier phase estimating. Theoretic analyses and experiments indicate that the accuracy with DSSS relates to the period of PN sequence, the frequency of chip, and the linearity characteristic of electronic circuits and transducers.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
2012
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1461063-2
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