Effect of wind-generated bubbles on fixed range acoustic attenuation in shallow water at 1-4 kHz

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3513-3523

  Ainslie, Michael A ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ATTENUATION; CATALYSIS; REFLECTION; SURFACES; WATER; WIND EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC ENERGY; AIR SEA BOUNDARY; LONG-RANGE ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; SCATTERING LOSS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

WATER;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BUBBLE; CATALYSIS; ENERGY; GAS; ISOTHERM; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUND; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 29244475063     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2114527     Document Type: Article

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