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Turn-around loss for oceanic sound on a bottom slope

✍ Scribed by D.E. Weston

Book ID: 104154251
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1984
Tongue: English
Weight: 253 KB
Volume: 94
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-460X
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-460x(84)80029-2

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✦ Synopsis

For oceanic sound reflected from a region of bottom slope the turn-around loss equals the sum of the bottom losses, and can be quite low if the total deflection in horizontal angle is low. Simple formulae are derived, and the effects of the slope being finite are discussed.