浅海声传播和混响的选频衰减

在强负跃层浅海的爆炸声实验中,发现当声源和接收器都位于跃层之上时,平均混响强度和某一航向的声传播损失在频率1000-2000Hz之间出现强烈的异常衰减现象,而且很有意思的是发射和接收均无指向性的平均混响强度的异常衰减与该航向声传播损失的异常衰减具有中心频率相同、带宽一致、附加衰减值相近的窄带共振或选频衰减特权.显然,这一异常衰减现象无法用各向异性的机理(内波、海面或海底的有规律起伏等)来解释.根据本文实验所得的传播损失和混响强度的深度结构以及一些间接的证据,我们认为这一选频附加衰减是由分散活动干跃居上部的有鳔鱼(极可能是鱼)所引起的.     

浅海双跃层脉冲声传播

利用在东海测量的双跃层声速剖面和修改的单跃层声速剖面,数值模拟了2种跃层条件下不同收发深度声脉冲传播的波形。模拟结果表明,当声源或接收器位于上混合层时,信号波形在2种条件下都出现梳状多途结构。当声源和接收器都位于下混合层时,信号波形在2种条件下均相似。当声源位于中间均匀层时,信号波形在除上混合层以外的4层都有显著差异。用简正波的深度-简正波号域的幅度和相应的群速度解释了双跃层和单跃层声速剖面条件下信号波形特点以及异同的原因。     

混响环境中声场重构的实验研究

针对混响环境非自由声场中声源测量的问题,本文以消声水池和混响水槽为实验环境,以换能器辐射的声场为研究对象,以水听器阵列为测量前端,进行了混响环境非自由声场中声源对象的测量、分析和重构的实验研究。通过单层水听器阵列对非自由声场进行声压分布测量,并对测量结果作声波分离处理,将分离前后的声压分布和在消声水池中测量的声压分布进行比较,给出了声源频率为5 000 Hz和7 000 Hz时,声场重构的误差分析结果。结果表明,基于单层水听器阵列声压测量的声波分离方法,能够较精确地对混响环境中的声场进行重构。     

声跃层结构变化对深海汇聚区声传播的影响

根据射线理论建立了线性声速结构条件下的声跃层强度与深海汇聚区关系模型,用最小位移角讨论了海洋环境变化（如声跃层强度变化、声跃层位置变化及季节性跃层生消等）与汇聚区距离和宽度变化的相关性.结果表明,声跃层的结构变化对汇聚区特征影响很大.声跃层强度增大使汇聚区向远离声源的方向变化,跃层强度每增加0.01 s-1对应的汇聚区位移增大约为3.5～5.0 km.声跃层位置变化对汇聚区的影响小于声跃层强度,与两层结构的声速剖面相比,上行结构使汇聚区向靠近声源的方向变化,声跃层上升200 m对应的汇聚区位移减小约为1.0～1.5 km,声跃层越浅,汇聚区距离越近;下行结构使汇聚区向远离声源的方向变化,混合层加深200 m对应的汇聚区位移增大约为1.0～1.5 km,混合层越深,汇聚区距离越远.季节性跃层的生消使近表层有负梯度、零梯度和正梯度的变化.负梯度结构的变化规律与两层结构条件下的声跃层强度变化类似,但对汇聚区的影响程度相对较小;正梯度结构使汇聚区在近表层出现表面声道,梯度值的增强将使汇聚区向靠近声源的方向变化.     

负跃层浅海中信号波形的多速结构

海洋中水声信号波形的变化规律是一个重要的研究课题,利用信号波形特征可能识别不同的水下目标、提高信号处理的增益.信号波形的规律性也可用来监测某些海洋环境参数的变化.深海中存在较稳定的水下声道,文研究过水下声道中信号波形规律.由于浅海环境的复杂性,海水介质及其边界在空间与时间上存在着有规则的与随机的变化.因而浅海中脉冲信号的波形结构需要进行专门的研究.本文仅就负跃层浅海中的信号波形规律进行一些探讨.     

MULTIPATH STRUCTURES OF SIGNAL WAVEFORMS IN SHALLOW WATER WITH THERMOCLINE

It has been observed experimentally that the signal waveforms in shallow water with thermocline have regular multipath structures and the waveforms of received signals are strongly dependent on the depths of the source and the receiver. When both the source and the receiver are located above the thermocline, each sigrtal received consists of a train of almost equispaced wave-packets. The time interval iswhere H, d, C0 and C1 are parameters of the sound velocity profile. When the source is below the thermocline and the receiver is above, the time intervals between wave-packets are τ and (T- τ)where η is the distance from the source to the bottom.These observed regularities of waveforms may be used for monitoring the fluctuation of the thermocline in shallow water.     

Reverberation vertical coherence and sea-bottom geoacoustic inversion in shallow water

Optimal array-processing techniques in the ocean often require knowledge of the spatial coherence of the reverberation. A mathematical model is derived for the reverberation vertical coherence (RVC) in shallow water (SW). A method for analysis of RVC data is introduced. Measured reverberation cross-correlation coefficients as a function of time and frequency, obtained during the Asian Seas International Acoustic Experiment (ASIAEX) in the East China Sea, are reported. SW reverberation from a single shot provides a continuous spatial sampling of the surrounding sound field up to several tens of kilometers and holds valuable information on the geoacoustic properties of the sea floor over this distance. SW reverberation data can, therefore, be used as the basis for a quick and inexpensive method for geoacoustic inversion and has the obvious advantage that acquiring the data in situ requires only a single platform. This paper considers the use of the vertical coherence of the reverberation as the starting point for such an inversion. Sound speed and attenuation in the sea bottom at the ASIAEX site are obtained over a frequency range of 100-1500 Hz by finding values that provide the best match between the measured and predicted RVC.     

Effect of the Internal Tide on Acoustic Transmission Loss at Midfrequencies

Nonlinear internal waves are a common event on the continental shelf. The waves depress the high-gradient region of the thermocline and thicken the surface mixed layer with consequent effect on acoustic propagation. After the waves have passed, it may take several hours for the thermocline to rise to its prewave level. To examine the effect of the rising thermocline, oceanographic and acoustic data collected during the 2006 Shallow Water Experiment (SW06) are analyzed. Midfrequency acoustic data (1.5–10.5 kHz) taken for several hours at both fixed range (550 m) and along a tow track (0.1–8.1 km) are studied. At the fixed range, the rising thermocline is shown to increase acoustic intensity by approximately 5 dB . Along the tow track, the transmission loss changes 2 dB for a source–receiver pair that straddles the thermocline. Using oceanographic moorings up to 2.2 km away from the acoustic receiver, a model for the rising thermocline is developed. This ocean model is used as input to a broadband acoustic model. Results from the combined model are shown to be in good agreement with experimental observation. The effects on acoustic signals are shown to be observable, significant, and predictable.      

Modeling of volume reverberation in the ray approximation

We propose a numerical model for the evaluation of the three-dimensional scattering of sound in the sea. The model is based on the construction of ray patterns both for the primary and secondary (scattered) radiation. The intensity of secondary radiation is expressed via the coefficient of backward volume scattering interpreted as the fraction of backward-scattered acoustic energy per unit length of the primary ray. It is shown that, in the first approximation, it suffices to consider the secondary rays repeating the paths of the primary rays in the opposite direction. The attenuation of the intensity of sound along the paths of the primary and secondary rays is taken into account. The results of numerical analysis of the reverberation signal as a function of time are presented for various conditions (different depths of immersion of the antenna and widths of the directional diagram and the presence of sound-scattering layers). The proposed approach can be used for the purposes of modeling of the surface and bottom reverberation and for the solution of the inverse problems of underwater acoustics. __________ Translated from Morskoi Gidrofizicheskii Zhurnal, No. 5, pp. 50–58, September–October, 2007.     

小尺度海底沉积物的声衰减特性研究

为研究小尺度海底沉积物样品的声衰减特性,作者提出了用声学探针测量海底沉积物声波幅值的新方法,对沉积物样品扰动小,两个测量点的距离可小于波长,为海底沉积物微观声衰减测量提供了新手段。作者用小于波长的间隔逐点测量了沉积物的压缩波幅值,数据分析表明沿沉积物柱状样全长的声衰减满足指数衰减模型。目前主要用同轴差距衰减测量法获得海底沉积物声衰减数据,但该方法不能辨识声衰减模型,因此不同海区的测量结果难以建立联系。对此作者又提出用声吸收系数反演的幅值比与声衰减系数反演的R值(两种幅值比的比值)作评价依据,分析了垂直轴差距衰减测量法获得的南海海底沉积物声衰减测量数据,发现部分沉积物样品声衰减的R值远大于1,其声衰减不满足指数衰减模型。在声衰减满足指数衰减模型的条件下,用Hamilton的声衰减和频率经验公式预报的南海沉积物声衰减比与作者用声学探针测量海底沉积物所得的声衰减比对比,通过对R值分析得出Hamilton的声衰减和频率经验公式可以预报南海沉积物声衰减比的范围。作者提出的声学探针测量海底沉积物声衰减的方法的优点是既能获得声衰减数据又能辨识声衰减模型,不同海区测量的沉积物声衰减比可用R值建立联系。     

海洋锋区的一种声速计算模式及其在声传播影响研究中的应用

利用穿过海洋锋区断面的实测CTD数据,确定了锋面的宽度、所在的位置以及陡度等特征参数,建立了海洋锋区声速计算理论模式。结果表明,此模式可以用来描述选定断面的锋面特性。将理论计算结果与实测数据进行比较,二者符合较好。进而利用二维PE模型,研究了通过海洋锋面的声传播特性。结果表明,在声源深度为50m和发射频率为150 Hz的情形下,对不同接收深度,有锋面与无锋面时传播损失的差别最大约为20 dB左右。     

ENSO循环过程中次表层海洋信号的传播和变化

利用SODA等资料分析了热带太平洋次表层海洋要素的变化特征,结果表明,ENSO循环过程中次表层异常海温信号在赤道外向西传播的路径与温跃层深度的分布有一定关系,10oN附近是气候平均温跃层深度的极小值区域,温跃层在该区域形成了一个从东到西的阻隔带,阻挡了来自赤道地区的ENSO信号继续向北传播,从而转向西传播;而南半球温跃层深度的气候分布不具备这一特征,不利于ENSO信号在南半球的向西传播。进一步的研究还表明,ENSO信号在整个循环过程中,异常海温的主周期是变化的,特别是在沿10oN附近向西传播的过程中,ENSO信号的主周期变化较大。推断西太平洋暖池区域的ENSO信号除了在循环过程中自东太平洋10oN传来的以外,还受其他因素的影响,例如局地的大气变化引起的海温异常,以及来自中高纬度的异常海温信号等因素。     

具有随机起伏表面的正声速梯度浅海中的平均声强

近年来很多的实验指出,正声速梯度浅海中声强的平均衰减规律与海面的不平整度,声波的频率,相对声速梯度的大小,发射深度与接收深度等因素有着密切的联系.本文的目的在于寻找这种联系的数学表式.我们采用文献[1]所发展的平均法来求其平均声强.     

北极冰下声传播特性实验研究

通过2017年8月6日在北极海域开展的一次声传播实验，开展了冰下声传播特性实验研究。结合Burke-Twersky （BT）散射模型与射线模型，分析了冰下声传播的多途到达结构，研究了接收声强变化规律，解释了接收声强在30 min内衰减20 dB的现象，分析了接收信号的时间相关性，探讨了接收信号相关性较低的原因。实验结果表明，表面接收信号主要由小角度多次反转反射声线、一次海底反射声线和二次海底反射声线依次构成，表面声道到达信号显著强于海底反射信号。试验冰站在试验期间的运动导致了声传播信号强度和相关性的迅速衰减，并通过仿真得到了验证。     

Specific features of reverberation in the Black-Sea underwater sound channel

We consider the results of instrumental investigations of specific features of reverberation in the Black Sea and obtain qualitative dependences of the duration of volume reverberation on the parameters of the Black-Sea underwater sound channel, (width, drop of the sound velocity, and dimensions of the inhomogeneities of stratification). We also analyse the behaviour of the intensity of surface reverberation in the far-field zone of acoustic illumination and the influence of bottom reverberation on the detection of underwater objects. Translated by Peter V. Malyshev and Dmitry V. Malyshev     

On Optimal Frequencies of Acoustic in-situ Detector for Seafloor Hydrothermal Vents

The approach to determine working frequencies of acoustic in-situ detector for seafloor hydrothermal fluid is presented. Based on the research of deep-sea noise and the sound generated by mid-ocean ridge black smoker hydrothermal vents, and on the hydrothermal-vent animal hearing ranges, coupled with influences of suspended particles of hydrothermal on acoustic attenuation under different frequencies, the optimal frequency range for detection of acoustical signal near black smokers is determined. The optimal frequencies providing the maximum ratio of receiver signal to background noise are obtained. We have developed a laboratory experimental setup for the optimal frequencies selection. In particular, we evaluated time-of-flight performance with respect to the source signal parameters of center frequency and bandwidth. The experimental results confirm the effectiveness of our approach. Current results indicate that individual transducers operated in the range of 18 ～ 25 kHz are immune to most interfering sounds and suitable for our system.     

Sea-bed acoustic parameters from dispersion analysis and transmission loss in the East China Sea

As a part of the Asian Seas International Acoustic Experiment (ASIAEX) in the East China Sea, sound propagation signals from wideband explosive sources were measured using a 32-element vertical line array. Measurements were made as a function of range in two perpendicular tracks. Sea-bed geoacoustic parameters based on a fluid half-space geoacoustic model (sound speed, density, and attenuation) are inverted from the sound propagation in the frequency range 100-500 Hz. The sea-bed sound speed and density were first derived from mode arrival time differences which were obtained using a spatial mode filtering technique. Sea-bed acoustic attenuation was subsequently estimated by comparing measured transmission loss with model results.     

浅海有限面积源的噪声场空间相关特性研究

本文对有限面积噪声源产生的噪声场的空间相关特性作了讨论。分别研究了接收器处于源区域里面和外面的情形。对一浅海典型声速剖面和 Baltic海区的噪声场相关特性及噪声场强度进行了计算 ,并与无限大噪声源平面的噪声场特性作了比较。同时 ,为把连续谱考虑在内 ,引入一虚假深海底 ,用复模式和来近似计算分支割线的贡献。但当接收器远离源区域时 ,连续谱经过在下介质中的长程传播 ,衰减迅速 ,故其对噪声场的贡献可以忽略 ,而仅考虑离散简正波场的贡献。结果发现 ,有限面积源的噪声场结构无论是水平结构 ,还是垂直结构均是不均匀的 ,都依赖于接收场点的绝对位置。这与无限大噪声源平面所形成的噪声场的特性是不一样的     

声跃层控制声线传播弯曲模型的构建

基于斯涅耳折射定律,将海水垂向等分成若干层,利用傅里叶步近算法,构建受声速剖面唯一控制的声线传播弯曲模型。将该模型用于模拟研究不同浅海声跃层类型对声线传播弯曲的影响,得出声线波长和轨迹长度按负跃层、无跃层、正跃层的顺序逐渐增加。并利用该模型定量研究跃层深度、跃层强度、跃层厚度三特征参量对声线传播弯曲的影响,得出负跃层强度越大、厚度越大、深度越浅,声线弯曲越大,波长越小。正跃层三特征参量对声线作用相反。     

Shallow-water reverberation level: measurement technique and initial reference values

A quality database of reverberation is absolutely essential if one is to understand the shallow-water reverberation problem. However, to get wideband reverberation levels (RL) simultaneously for both short and long ranges at low- and mid-frequencies is a delicate task that can be subject to errors. This paper introduces a simple method to get RL for the Asian Sea International Acoustics Experiment in the East China Sea (ASIAEX01). Special attention is paid to the measurements of the RL at short- and mid-ranges. With this method, one does not need to accurately calibrate hydrophones and measurement systems, or to measure absolute source level (SL). It can avoid signal overflow and saturation problems caused by powerful sound sources. The RL (relative to SL) at 1 s (or at 2 s) after an explosive source is detonated is defined as the initial reference reverberation level (IRRL). The IRRLs from four sites with different sandy sediments and different water depths have been given as a function of frequency in the 150-2500 Hz range. A mathematical model gives a physical explanation of the measured IRRL data. The resultant RL and IRRL may offer some reference values for the design of reverberation measurements or numerical simulations of shallow-water reverberation and bottom scattering.