A technique for characterizing range‐dependent shallow water waveguides is described. The method consists of determining the beamformed output of a horizontal array over short apertures for signals due to a cw point ...
A technique for characterizing range‐dependent shallow water waveguides is described. The method consists of determining the beamformed output of a horizontal array over short apertures for signals due to a cw point source. By modeling the acoustic field locally as a sum of damped normal modes and using Prony's method to perform the beamforming, the local modal structure of the waveguide can be resolved. As a result, the modal composition of the waveguide as a function of range can be determined and interpreted in terms of range‐dependent mode theories (e.g., adiabatic mode theory). In addition to identifying important propagation characteristics such as mode cutoff, the method can be used to determine range‐dependent acoustic properties of the bottom. Examples of the application of the technique to the case of propagation in a wedge‐shaped ocean are presented. [Work supported by ONR.]
Two approaches to determining sound‐speed profiles in the ocean and ocean bottom using measured acoustic modal eigenvalues are examined. Both methods use measured eigenvalues and mode‐dependent assumed values of the...
Two approaches to determining sound‐speed profiles in the ocean and ocean bottom using measured acoustic modal eigenvalues are examined. Both methods use measured eigenvalues and mode‐dependent assumed values of the WKB phase integral as input data and use the WKB phase integral as a starting point for relating the index of refraction to depth. Inversion method 1 is restricted to monotonic or symmetric sound‐speed profiles and requires a measurement of the sound speed at one depth to convert the index of refraction profile to a sound‐speed profile. Inversion method 2 assumes that the sound speed at the ocean surface and the minimum sound speed in the profile are known and is applicable to monotonic profiles and to general single duct sound‐speed profiles. For asymmetric profiles, inversion method 2 gives the depth difference between two points of equal sound speed in the portion of the profile having two turning points, and in the remainder of the profile it gives sound speed versus depth directly. A numerical implementation of the methods is demonstrated using idealized ocean sound‐speed profiles. The two methods are used also to determine the sediment sound‐speed profiles in two shallow water waveguide models, and inversion method 1 is used to find the sediment sound‐speed profile using data from an experiment perfomed in the Gulf of Mexico. [Work supported by ONR.]
Most underwater images are post-processed to look pleasing to human viewers. This often results in unrealistically saturated colors. Images taken for the purpose of studying color-sensitive topics such as marine anima...
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Most underwater images are post-processed to look pleasing to human viewers. This often results in unrealistically saturated colors. Images taken for the purpose of studying color-sensitive topics such as marine animal coloration, must represent colors as accurately as possible and should not be arbitrarily enhanced. This first requires a transformation of colors from the camera color space to a device independent space. In this paper we present a method for transforming raw camera-RGB colors to a device independent space, optimizing this transformation for a particular underwater habitat. We have conducted an extensive study of the variation of color appearance underwater at a dive site in the Aegean Sea by taking 21 sets of spectrometry and irradiance readings with corresponding photographs of four different color standards. Spectral and photographic data were collected in the presence of natural daylight at various depths and under different weather conditions. In addition to the color charts, we have built a “habitat chart” to optimize this camera-specific transformation for a given dive site.
This paper discusses the solution of a low‐frequency plane wave incident upon a semi‐infinite elastic plate, such as an Arctic ice lend or free edge, using the Wiener‐Hopf method. By low‐frequency it is meant that...
This paper discusses the solution of a low‐frequency plane wave incident upon a semi‐infinite elastic plate, such as an Arctic ice lend or free edge, using the Wiener‐Hopf method. By low‐frequency it is meant that the elastic properties of the plate are adequately described by the thin plate equation. For example, in a floating ice sheet, this translates into frequency‐ice thickness products that are ≲ 150. A key issue here is the fluid loading pertaining to sea ice and low‐frequency acoustics, which cannot be characterized by simplifying heavy or light fluid loading limits. An approximation to the exact kernel of the Wiener‐Hopf functional equation is used here, which is valid in this midrange fluid loading regime. The farfield diffracted pressure is found, which includes a fluid‐loaded, sub‐sonic (relative to the water) flexural wave in the ice plate. Comparisons are also made with the locally reacting approximation to the input impedance of an ice plate. The combined effects of the ice lead diffraction process represent loss mechanisms that contribute to the transmission loss in long‐range Arctic acoustic propagation.
A unified perturbation approach to wave propagation and scattering in weakly inhomogeneous media is presented. By separating the total wave field into an averaged coherent propagation part and a random scattering part...
A unified perturbation approach to wave propagation and scattering in weakly inhomogeneous media is presented. By separating the total wave field into an averaged coherent propagation part and a random scattering part, a set of coupled wave equations is found. The problem of a wave propagating in a random medium is changed to a problem of a pair of coupled waves propagating in a deterministic medium with randomly distributed sources. This method not only improves upon the conventional Born approximation for the scattered field, but also gives the attenuation behavior of the coherent propagating field related to the statistics of the random media. Examples of underwater acoustic waves in an inhomogeneous water column and an inhomogeneous bottom are given.
Domoic acid (DA) is a naturally produced neurotoxin synthesized by marine diatoms in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. DA accumulates in filter-feeders such as shellfish, and can cause severe neurotoxicity when contaminated...
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Domoic acid (DA) is a naturally produced neurotoxin synthesized by marine diatoms in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. DA accumulates in filter-feeders such as shellfish, and can cause severe neurotoxicity when contaminated seafood is ingested, resulting in Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) in humans. Overt clinical signs of neurotoxicity include seizures and disorientation. ASP is a significant public health concern, and though seafood regulations have effectively minimized the human risk of severe acute DA poisoning, the effects of exposure at asymptomatic levels are poorly understood. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of exposure to symptomatic and asymptomatic doses of DA on gene expression patterns in the zebrafish brain. We exposed adult zebrafish to either a symptomatic (1.1 ± 0.2 μg DA/g fish) or an asymptomatic (0.31 ± 0.03 µg DA/g fish) dose of DA by intracelomic injection and sampled at 24, 48 and 168 h post-injection. Transcriptional profiling was done using Agilent and Affymetrix microarrays. Our analysis revealed distinct, non-overlapping changes in gene expression between the two doses. We found that the majority of transcriptional changes were observed at 24 h post-injection with both doses. Interestingly, asymptomatic exposure produced more persistent transcriptional effects - in response to symptomatic dose exposure, we observed only one differentially expressed gene one week after exposure, compared to 26 in the asymptomatic dose at the same time (FDR <0.05). GO term analysis revealed that symptomatic DA exposure affected genes associated with peptidyl proline modification and retinoic acid metabolism. Asymptomatic exposure caused differential expression of genes that were associated with GO terms including circadian rhythms and visual system, and also the neuroactive ligand-receptor signaling KEGG pathway. Overall, these results suggest that transcriptional responses are specific to the DA dose and that asymptomatic exposure can
In ocean acoustics, the introduction of range discontinuities, for example, the water‐to‐ice canopy surface, creates a mixed boundary value problem. In this paper, an exact solution of certain mixed boundary value p...
In ocean acoustics, the introduction of range discontinuities, for example, the water‐to‐ice canopy surface, creates a mixed boundary value problem. In this paper, an exact solution of certain mixed boundary value problems is discussed using the Wiener‐Hopf method. A key attribute of this approach is that it is not fundamentally numerical in nature and allows additional insight into the mathematical and physical structure of the acoustic field due to range discontinuities. The problem discussed here is a canonical one: A plane wave is incident upon a planar surface where the boundary condition changes from Dirichlet (free surface) to Neumann (hard). The boundary conditions addressed in this problem are highly idealized renditions of what happens, when, say, a plane wave is incident upon a water‐to‐ice canopy surface; nevertheless, important features of the diffraction process are produced here, and the solution gives considerable insight into the process. The solution of the diffracted potential is partitioned into two components: a field consisting of cylindrical waves weighted by a polar gain function, resulting from the artificial source created by the discontinuity in the boundary; and a field containing a residue contribution which restores field continuity along the line corresponding to specular reflection. Contour plots of equal pressure amplitude show how the component fields superimpose such that the boundary conditions are maintained, and how energy is redistributed across the angular spectrum in the diffraction process. The latter is related to mode coupling due to boundary changes in waveguide problems. [Work supported by ONR.]
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