Browsing Technical Reports by Subject "Seafloor"
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Bottom-interacting ocean acoustics: proceedings of a conference held at SACLANTCEN on 9-13 June 1980
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Distortion of bottom reflected pulses
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1966/03)The theory of linear systems combined with numerical Fourier transformations and inversion is used to obtain the shape of a general pressure pulse after its reflection from a general multilayered sea floor. The method is ... -
Finite difference modelling of scattering by objects in the seabed
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1996/07)In this report we describe the theory and some implementation issues of a finite difference code used at SACLANT Centre. In particular, we consider the modelling of attenuation and the excitation of a remote incident field ... -
High-resolution characterization of shallow water sea bottom: need and methodology for a ground-truth reference database
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1994/12)A systematic approach to underwater observation of high-resolution seabed features has been developed. These include: morphology caused by current, wave, and biological factors and certain engineering geological factors ... -
Impulse response of a layered bottom
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1967/01)Numerical methods are used for the Fourier inversion of the frequency-dependent loss transfer function. Because of the non-zero finite values of the integrand for an infinite high frequency, the asymptotic value is subtracted ... -
Interface-wave propagation studies: an example of seismo-acoustic propagation in non-homogeneous materials
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1990/01)This study addresses the problem relating to the interaction processes -
Perturbation theory applied to sound scattering from a rough sea-floor
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1992/09)Perturbation theory is applied to acoustic scattering from a rough sedimental sea-floor. Realistic -
Qualitative aspects of seismograph-ocean bottom interaction
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1988/06)The parameters affecting the coupling of the Ocean Bottom Seismometer to the ground have been -
Shallow seafloor geology and sediment character ofthe western Mallorca Platform
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1995/03)A site survey of the seabottom west of Mallorca in the central Balearic Islands has characterized the bottom and the immediate sub-bottom. High resolution seismic reflection Uniboom, deeper penetrating (about 5x Uniboom) ... -
Single mode excitation, attenuation and backscatter in shallow water
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1995/10)Normal mode theory is used to illustrate that a vertical array of weighted sources driven in an -
Spectral integral representations of monostatic backscattering from three dimensional distributions of sediment volume inhomogeneities
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 2001/03)A theory is developed for generating short time, monostatic reverberation realizations caused by three dimensionally distributed volume inhomogeneities in stratified media. A spectral integral approach to treating the ... -
Sub-sea floor buried reflectors imaged by low frequency active sonar
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1996/06)Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) utilizes low-frequency acoustic -
The effect of a layer of varying density on high-frequency acoustic reflection, forward propagation loss and backscattering strength
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997/06)This report examines the impact that a thin layer of varying density would have on high-frequency reflection, forward loss and backscattering of acoustic plane waves from the seafloor. A functional form for density ... -
The sub-bottom structure of the Gulf of La Spezia
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1968/12)The sub-bottom structure of the Gulf of La Spezia, Italy, has been investigated by continuous seismic profiling and sediment coring. The seismic profiles were used to develop contour plots of sub-bottom layers, which were ...