The New Jersey shelf shallow water random media propagation experiment

The New Jersey Shelf Observing System

Introduction The coastal ocean represents up to 30% of the total global ocean productivity and more than 90% of the world's fish catch (Holigan and Reiners, 1992). The coastal ocean also represents the major chemical-" filter " between the terrestrial and open oceans with the majority of the terrestrial inputs and biological productivity being remineralized on broad shelves with little export t...

12: Shallow Water Propagation

Shallow-Water Propagation

(A) For elastic sediments we derived a new PE formulation [1] that unlike any predecessor handles layered environments accurately and efficiently while remaining numerically stable. This formulation, based on different computational variables, can treat range dependent sediments and properly account for energy conservation [2]. We demonstrated additional properties and advantages of the new met...

10: Shallow Water Propagation

Stratigraphic and Geoacoustic Characterization of the Outer New Jersey Shelf

As a participant of the ONR Shallow Water Acoustics experiment to be held on the outer New Jersey shelf during the summer of 2006 (SWA06), the long term goal of this project is to understand the interaction of acoustic energy, at both medium and low frequencies, with the seabed. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this work are to (1) incorporate existing geological, geophysical and geoacoustic data i...