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Dushaw, Brian; Gaillard, Fabienne; Terre, Thierry. |
An acoustic propagation experiment over 308-km range conducted in the Canary Basin in 1997–1998 was used to assess the ability of ocean acoustic tomography to measure the flux of Mediterranean water and Meddies. Instruments on a mooring adjacent to the acoustic path measured the southwestward passage of a strong Meddy in temperature, salinity, and current. Over nine months of transmissions, the acoustic arrival pattern was an initial broad stochastic pulse varying in duration by 250 to 500 ms, followed eight stable, identified ray arrivals. Small-scale sound speed fluctuations from Mediterranean water parcels littered around the sound channel axis caused acoustic scattering. Internal waves contributed more modest acoustic scattering. Based on simulations,... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Meddy; Acoustic tomography; Canary Basin; Mediterranean water; Internal tides. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00404/51519/52112.pdf |
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