Acoustic attenuation in very shallow water due to the presence of bubbles in rip currents
Acoustic attenuation in very shallow water due to the presence of bubbles in rip currents
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DOI:
10.1121/1.427030
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发表时间:
1999-08-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Goodman, RR
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作者:
Caruthers, JW;Stanic, SJ;Goodman, RR
An experiment was performed just off the research pier at the Scripps institute of Oceanography to determine the acoustic effects of small bubbles in very shallow water (similar to 6 m depth). The distance offshore was similar to 300 m. The propagation lengths were 2-10 m, and the frequency range was from 39 to 244 kHz. During the experiment, rip currents passed through the field of measurement instruments. These rip currents were laden with bubbles created in the surf between the instruments and the shore. The effects of these rip currents on the spatial distributions of the resulting acoustic attenuation are discussed. From the attenuation data, the bubble: distributions are calculated using a new iterative approach [Caruthers ct al., in press, J. Acoust Sec. Am.] that is based on the well-known resonant bubble approximation. Calculated,bubble distributions varied from an essentially uniform lack of bubbles during quiescent periods to highly inhomogeneous and dense bubbly regions within rip events. Such observed distributions were consistent with measurements made by other investigators during the experiment. (C) 1999 Acoustical Society of America. [S0001-4966(99)05307-2].