Acoustic intensity fluctuations induced by South China Sea internal tides and solitons

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1249-1263

  Chiu, Ching Sang ^a   Ramp, Steven R ^a   Miller, Christopher W ^a   Lynch, James F ^b   Duda, Timothy F ^b   Tang, Tswen Yung ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intensity fluctuations; Nonlinear internal waves; Shallow water acoustics; South China Sea (SCS)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; HYDROPHONES; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOORING; SOLITONS; TIDES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WATER WAVES;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; SHALLOW WATER ACOUSTICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 11144276398     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.834173     Document Type: Article

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