Remote acoustic sensing of oceanic fluid and biological processes
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9555DOI
10.1575/1912/9555Keyword
Underwater acoustics; Oceanography; Marine biologyAbstract
High frequency acoustic backscattering systems are
being used in monostatic modes to evaluate the use of acoustic
techniques to detect and study a variety of fluid processes in
the oceanic environment. A short outline of those research
programs actively evaluating and using acoustic techniques is
presented, followed by a detailed review of this investigator's
program. This program uses a multifrequency high frequency
acoustic system to study a variety of processes including turbulent
mixing, air-sea interactions, internal waves, interleaving
water masses, natural particulate dispersion and distribution,
the dispersion of particulates associated with deep ocean disposal
of industrial chemical waste, and biological response to
a variety of stimulae including fluid motion, predators, and
oceanographic instrumentation. Graphic acoustic data records
of several of the above phenomena are described.
Suggested Citation
Orr, M. H. (1980). Remote acoustic sensing of oceanic fluid and biological processes. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/9555Related items
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