Use of the Wavenumber Technique with the Lloyds Mirror for an Acoustic Doublet.
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Authors
King, Portia Baird
Subjects
Lloyds mirror
underwater acoustics
fast Fourier transform
wavenumber technique
pressure spectrum
source depth determination
acoustic propagation
ASW
isospeed environment
underwater acoustics
fast Fourier transform
wavenumber technique
pressure spectrum
source depth determination
acoustic propagation
ASW
isospeed environment
Advisors
Coppens, A.B.
Dunlap, C.R.
Date of Issue
1985-03
Date
March 1985
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis examines a method to determine the depth of
a point source in an isospeed ocean environment. Using the
Fourier Transform on the acoustic pressure field in the
range domain results in the attainment of the acoustic pressure
spectrum in the wavenumber domain and a characteristic
nodal spacing unique to the source-receiver depths.
Quantitative examination of a magnitude plot of the spectrum
and use of simple mathematical formulae yield the source
depth. The debilitative effects of narrowband noise and
surface roughness on the pressure spectrum are also examined.
The pressure spectrum is recognizable in noise after
the pressure field in the range domain has been lost in the
noise field. The effect of surface gravity waves on the
pressure spectrum is similar to that on the pressure field
in the range domain: the characteristic nodal spacing is
suppressed as the height of the surface waves increases.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Antisubmarine Warfare Academic Group
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
Citation
Distribution Statement
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