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OCN 5401. Chapter 12 Sound and Optics Instructor: Dr. George A. Maul gmaul@fit.edu / X 7453. Underwater Sound. Sound Propagation. Hydroacoustics. Swath bathymetry. Current speed. Sound Beam Forming. SOFAR Channel. Ocean climate studies.
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OCN 5401 Chapter 12 Sound and Optics Instructor: Dr. George A. Maul gmaul@fit.edu / X 7453
Hydroacoustics Swath bathymetry Current speed
SOFAR Channel Ocean climate studies
Hydroacoustics is the means of sensing in the Coastal Ocean ADCPs Sidescan Sonar Inverted Echo Sounders (IES) AUVs Passive acoustic listening IES
Acoustic Doppler Current Meter ADCP Oculina Bank, Florida
Acoustic Tomographyocean currents from difference in reciprocal travel times
Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climateocean temperature from average reciprocal travel times
Solar Radiation 100 km 105 m 1 m
Optical Properties of Seawater And reflected light is polarized!
Absorption and Scattering Attenuation or Extinction
Hydrologic Optics Six Channel Multispectral Scanner
Applied Ocean Optics LIDAR
Ocean Color SeaStar carries SeaWiFS Cape Hatteras Cape Mendocino
Forel / Ule Scale Atlantic Ocean C = 1.7 / ZSecchi Secchi Disk for estuarine waters
OCN 5401 Chapter 12 Questions?