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THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

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15.4 Velocity Profiles in the Sea 413parameters. In open deep water, salinity is found to have a rather small effect onthe velocity.15.4 Velocity Profiles in the SeaThe term velocity profile refers to the variation of the sound speed with depth; itis also called the velocity–depth function. Figure 15.1 shows a typical deep-seavelocity profile, which, in turn, can be subdivided into several layers. The surfacelayer lies just below the sea surface. The speed of sound in that layer is responsiveto daily and local changes of heating, cooling, and action of the winds. The surfacelayer may consist of a mixed layer of isothermal water that is caused by action ofthe wind as it blows across the surface of the water. Sound becomes trapped in thismixed layer. On prolonged calm and sunny days, this mixed layer dissipates, to bereplaced by water in which its temperature drops with increasing depth.Figure 15.1. Deep-sea sound propagation velocity profile subdivided into principal layers.

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