A simplified formula for viscous and chemical absorption in sea water
Ainslie, M.A.; McColm, J.G. (1998). A simplified formula for viscous and chemical absorption in sea water. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103(3): 1671-1672. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.421258
In: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. American Institute of Physics: New York. ISSN 0001-4966; e-ISSN 1520-8524, more
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- Ainslie, M.A.
- McColm, J.G.
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Abstract |
A simplified expression is presented for predicting the absorption of sound in sea water, retaining the essential dependence on temperature, pressure, salinity, and acidity of the more complicated formula on which it is based [R. E. Francois and G. R. Garrison, “Sound absorption based on ocean measurements. Part II: Boric acid contribution and equation for total absorption,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 72, 1879–1890 (1982)]. The accuracy of the simplified formula is demonstrated by comparison with the original one for a range of oceanographic conditions and frequencies between 100 Hz and 1 MHz. |
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