Inter-annual variability of acoustic ray travel times in the Northeast Pacific
Authors
Furgerson, John Alan
Advisors
Second Readers
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Date of Issue
1990
Date
Sep-90
Publisher
Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
An acoustic tomography experiment consisting of a source near Hawaii and seven receivers along the west coast of North America was conducted from November 1987 to May 1988 and from February 1989 to July 1989. In this thesis, the acoustic ray travel times are analyzed in order to investigate inter-annual basin-scale thermal variability. These thermal fluctuations may help detect any greenhouse warming and greater understanding of them will increase knowledge of ocean-atmosphere interactions which affect weather and climate. A discussion of the program for finding the travel times is included along with a comparison of two methods of measuring travel times.
Type
Thesis
Description
CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) Thesis document
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Department
Ocean Engineering
Organization
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Funding
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, CIVINS program
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.