AbsorptionSoundFreshWaterFrancoisGarrison: Calculation of absorption of sound in fresh water From...

In sonar: Fundamental Formulas for Sonar

Description

Returns the absorption of sound in fresh water From Francois & Garrison 1982 Total absorption = Pure Water Contrib.

Usage

AbsorptionSoundFreshWaterFrancoisGarrison(SonarFreq, temperatureC, D)

Arguments

SonarFreq,	sonar frequency (kHz)
temperatureC,	temperature (degC)
D,	depth in meters

Value

the absorption of sound

Author(s)

Jose Gama

Source

Echoview, 2016 Sonar calculator algorithms http://support.echoview.com/WebHelp/Reference/Algorithms/Sonar_calculator_algorithms.htm

References

Francois & Garrison 1982 Sound absorption based on ocean measurements: Part I:Pure water and magnesium sulfate contributions J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 72, No. 6

Examples

AbsorptionSoundFreshWaterFrancoisGarrison(50, 0, 0)

Example output

[1] 1.23425

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