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A simple expression for sound attenuation due to surface duct energy leakage in low-latitude oceans
Rui Duan1, Kunde Yang1, Yuanliang Ma1
1School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China duanrui.work@gmail.com, ykdzym@nwpu.edu.cn, ylma@nwpu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
This paper presents an expression for the attenuation of sound energy in an ocean surface duct due to energy leakage outside the duct. Dominant parameters determining the attenuation are the sound frequency and the surface duct thickness. The attenuation is found to be exponentially dependent on a scaled frequency that combines the two parameters. Data from experiments in low-latitude oceans with three different surface duct thicknesses are used to verify the exponential expression derived for the attenuation.
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