Laboratory measurements of high-frequency, acoustic broadband backscattering from sea ice and crude oil.
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Recent decreases in summer sea ice cover are spurring interest in hydrocarbon extraction and shipping in Arctic waters, increasing the risk of an oil spill in ice covered waters. With advances in unmanned vehicle operation, there is an interest in identifying techniques for remote, underwater detection of oil spills from below. High-frequency (200-565 kHz), broadband acoustic scattering data demonstrate that oil can be detected and quantified under laboratory grown sea ice and may be of use in natural settings. A simple scattering model based on the reflection coefficients from the interfaces agrees well with the data.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
دوره 137 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015