Analytical study of the horizontal ducting of sound by an oceanic front over a slope
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5007As published
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3662030DOI
10.1121/1.3662030Keyword
Acoustic wave propagation; Acoustic wave reflection; Acoustic wave refraction; Underwater soundAbstract
The horizontal ducting of sound by an oceanic temperature front over a sloping bottom is studied with an idealized wedge model consisting of a lateral interface across the slope. The water outside the frontal interface has higher temperature, hence faster sound speed, and it will produce inshore reflection/refraction of the sound. Combining the offshore refraction caused by the sloping bottom, propagating sound can be ducted along the front. An analytical solution to the sound pressure field in the idealized model is derived, and an example is presented to demonstrate and discuss the ducting effect.
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Article: Lin, Ying-Tsong, Lynch, James F., "Analytical study of the horizontal ducting of sound by an oceanic front over a slope", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 131 (2012): EL1-EL7, DOI:10.1121/1.3662030, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5007Related items
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