AbsorptionSoundSeaWaterFrancoisGarrison: Calculation of absorption of sound in sea water From Francois...

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) Source References Examples

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Description

Returns the absorption of sound in sea water From Francois & Garrison 1982 Total absorption = Boric Acid Contrib. + Magnesium Sulphate Contrib. + Pure Water Contrib.

Usage

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AbsorptionSoundSeaWaterFrancoisGarrison(SonarFreq, temperatureC, Salinity, D,
  pH)

Arguments

SonarFreq,

sonar frequency (kHz)

temperatureC,

temperature (degC)

Salinity,

Salinity (ppt)

D,

depth in meters

pH,

pH

Value

the absorption of sound

Author(s)

Jose Gama

Source

NPL, 2016 Underwater Acoustics Technical Guides - Speed of Sound in Sea Water http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/seaabsorption/

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

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Example output

[1] 13.96602

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