Ambient Noise Measurements and Inversions in Coastal and Continental Shelf Waters
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The underlying approach combines field observations of wave-induced bubbles and ambient noise in the top meter of the marine boundary layer with models for wave noise generation. The field studies are organized around a bubble plume sensing system, consisting of an optical bubble counter, a depth sensor, a hydrophone and an underwater video camera. The plume sensing system is mounted on a surface-following frame tethered to Flip, providing a stable deployment location 20 to 40cm below the ocean surface. The scientific personnel responsible for the field measurements at SIO are Drs. Grant Deane and Dale Stokes. Drs. David farmer and Svein Vagle at the Institute of Ocean Sciences, BC are collaborators in the experiments, and have deployed Doppler sonars and acoustical resonators to measure surface wave activity and the more diffuse concentrations of bubbles that occur 1m or more below the ocean surface.
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