Acoustical measurement of nonlinear internal waves using the inverted echo sounder

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2228-2242

  Li, Qiang ^a   Farmer, David M ^a   Duda, Timothy F ^b   Ramp, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SCATTERING; ACOUSTIC TRAVEL-TIME; ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS; AMBIENT NOISE; BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC; BIAS CORRECTION; ECHO SOUNDERS; EIGEN FUNCTION; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATED INFORMATIONS; INTERNAL WAVES; KIRCHHOFF APPROXIMATIONS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NONLINEAR INTERNAL WAVE; RAPID TRANSMISSION; SEA FLOOR; SEA SURFACES; SOUND PROPAGATION; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS EFFECTS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TIDAL EFFECTS; WAVE PERIOD; WIND SPEED;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PHOTORESISTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE WATERS; SURFACE WAVES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WIND EFFECTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BAROCLINIC MODE; ECHO SOUNDER; INTERNAL WAVE; NONLINEAR WAVE; OCEAN WAVE; SEA SURFACE; SEAFLOOR; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOCLINE; TRAVEL TIME; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 73149098324     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO652.1     Document Type: Article

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