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Area of Science:

  • Oceanography
  • Acoustics
  • Geophysics

Background:

  • Advancing oceanographic models require high-resolution in situ measurements for validation.
  • Accurate spatiotemporal data are essential for informing and verifying complex oceanographic models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To map water masses at the New England shelf break using scientific echosounders and conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) data.
  • To compare acoustically-inferred sound speed maps with those derived from interpolated CTD profiles.
  • To assess the impact of different sound speed estimations on long-range acoustic propagation models.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized scientific echosounders to map sound speed distribution.
  • Collected water column properties using a single conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) profile.
  • Performed two-dimensional interpolation of multiple CTD profiles to create a sound speed cross section.
  • Parameterized long-range acoustic propagation models using sound speed profiles from both methods.

Main Results:

  • Generated an acoustically-inferred map of sound speed at the New England shelf break.
  • Quantified differences between acoustically-inferred and CTD-interpolated sound speed cross sections.
  • Evaluated the impact of these differences on long-range acoustic propagation model outputs.

Conclusions:

  • Scientific echosounders provide valuable data for mapping oceanographic features like water masses.
  • Discrepancies in sound speed profiles can influence acoustic propagation model accuracy.
  • Integrating acoustic and CTD data offers a robust approach for oceanographic model validation.