A Free-Falling Sensor Package for In-Situ Investigations by Acoustical Means of Current and Density Fine Structure in the Ocean

1 January 1981

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

p. 428-432
https://doi.org/10.1109/oceans.1981.1151628

Abstract

A free-falling profiler for simultaneous measurements of structures of currents, densities, and high frequency sound attenuations in the ocean is described. The acoustical sensors use relatively very short sound paths.

Keywords

ACOUSTIC SENSORS
PACKAGING
OCEANS
SEA MEASUREMENTS
FREQUENCY
GEOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS
VELOCITY MEASUREMENT
VEHICLES
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSORS
BIOSENSORS

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Miniature Acoustical Sensor for Fast In Situ Measurements of Currents and Simultaneous Density Fluctuations in the Same Water Sample
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,1980
Abnormal attenuation in Chesapeake Bay waters
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1976