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Modelling of underwater ambient noise due to whitecaps

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Date Issued:
1992
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A theoretical model accounting for underwater ambient noise due to whitecap-generated bubbles and drop-impacts is developed to investigate the possible mechanisms of ocean noise generation. A general analysis is laid down, leading to expressions of the noise spectrum in an undefined environment. Subsequently the cases of isovelocity and stratified deep oceans are considered, and specific expressions are derived. The stratified deep ocean estimations of the directional spectrum are then compared to experimental data and a good agreement is found. Finally the absolute noise levels due to bubbles and drop impacts are discussed, and bubble noise is found to be larger than drop impact noise. The collective bubble oscillation hypothesis is also discussed, and although clues are given for and against this hypothesis no rigorous justification for this has been found.
Title: Modelling of underwater ambient noise due to whitecaps.
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Name(s): Elisseeff, Pierre.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Glegg, Stewart A. L., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1992
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 147 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: A theoretical model accounting for underwater ambient noise due to whitecap-generated bubbles and drop-impacts is developed to investigate the possible mechanisms of ocean noise generation. A general analysis is laid down, leading to expressions of the noise spectrum in an undefined environment. Subsequently the cases of isovelocity and stratified deep oceans are considered, and specific expressions are derived. The stratified deep ocean estimations of the directional spectrum are then compared to experimental data and a good agreement is found. Finally the absolute noise levels due to bubbles and drop impacts are discussed, and bubble noise is found to be larger than drop impact noise. The collective bubble oscillation hypothesis is also discussed, and although clues are given for and against this hypothesis no rigorous justification for this has been found.
Identifier: 14784 (digitool), FADT14784 (IID), fau:11573 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.
Subject(s): Underwater acoustics--Measurement
Acoustic surface waves
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