The suspension of large bubbles near the sea surface by turbulence and their role in absorbing forward-scattered sound

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 632-641

  Deane, Grant B ^a   Preisig, James C ^b   Lavery, Andone C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles; surface scattering; underwater communication

Indexed keywords

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LOW-FREQUENCY SOUNDS; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; SIGNIFICANT SURFACES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS; UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); REVERBERATION; SURFACE SCATTERING; TURBULENCE; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 84885952293     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2013.2257573     Document Type: Article

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