Quantitative ocean characterisation: Acoustically analogous environments
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Reeder, D.B.
Bryan, C.L.
Everett, K.R.
Batteen, M.L.
Guest, A.A.
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2011
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Characterisation of the oceanic environment is of interest to many different scientific and
engineering disciplines, including geologists, fisheries managers, marine mammal biologists,
ocean resource managers, conservationists and ocean acousticians. Quantitative environmental
characterisation requires a robust and efficient methodology to evaluate vast
amounts of spatiotemporal environmental data. Presented here is such a methodology –
flexible and robust enough to be used in multiple applications.The case presented is the
determination of acoustically analogous environments in the ocean. A key element of this
work is the construction of a set of acoustically relevant parameters which characterise
acoustical properties of the water column, based on the sound speed profile. Results
of this methodology demonstrate that this set of acoustically significant parameters
accurately represent the acoustic propagation characteristics of the ocean environment.
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Oceanography
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Journal of Operational Oceanography, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2011