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    The SOFAR channel (short for sound fixing and ranging channel), or deep sound channel (DSC), is a horizontal layer of water in the ocean at which depth...
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  • deep sound channel (SOFAR channel) of the ocean to enable pinpointing of the location of ships or crashed planes. The deep sound channel is ideal for...
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  • uses explosive sounds in the deep sound channel of the ocean SOFAR channel (SOund Fixing And Ranging channel), a horizontal layer of water in the ocean...
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  • Sofar Sounds (Songs from a Room), is a music events startup company, responsible for various small performances, hosted in over 400 cities. Founded in...
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  • known as the SOFAR (Sound Fixing And Ranging) channel, which acts as a waveguide for sound. The name "RAFOS" derives from the earlier SOFAR floats, which...
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    layer called the 'deep sound channel' or SOFAR channel which can confine sound waves at a particular depth. In the SOFAR channel, the speed of sound is lower...
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  • minimum near a depth of 800–1000 meters. This local minimum, called the SOFAR channel, acts as a waveguide, as sound tends to bend towards it. Ray tracing...
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    with the long ranges made possible by exploiting the deep sound channel, or SOFAR channel. An indication of ranges is the first detection, recognition and...
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    Some naturally occurring structures can also act as waveguides. The SOFAR channel layer in the ocean can guide the sound of whale song across enormous...
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  • ocean area (BOA) MILS. All systems exploited the SOFAR channel, also known as the deep sound channel, for long range sound propagation in the ocean. The...
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    content of t-wave energy (which is earthquake energy trapped in the ocean SOFAR channel) is indicative of an earthquake's tsunami potential. The first rudimentary...
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  • zone has some unique acoustic features. The Sound Fixing and Ranging (SOFAR) channel, where sound travels the slowest due to salinity and temperature variations...
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  • ocean bottom photography, submarine sound transmission (including the SOFAR channel), deep sea core samples of the ocean bottom, theory and observation...
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  • Deep scattering layer Hydroacoustics Ocean acoustic tomography Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Underwater acoustics Satellites Jason-1 Jason-2 (Ocean Surface...
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    for use in wartime, successful trials both off Toulon and in the Manche (Channel)took place as early as 1920 and french patents taken for civilian uses...
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    American geophysicist and oceanographer, discoverer of the SOFAR channel (deep sound channel) within the ocean In the first round of voting in the French...
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  • acoustic tomography Short baseline acoustic positioning system Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Sound speed gradient Sound velocity probe Ultra-short baseline...
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    lead to decompression sickness. The SOFAR channel (short for "sound fixing and ranging channel"), or deep sound channel (DSC), is a horizontal layer of water...
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    to recover them. Oceans portal Acoustical oceanography Ray tracing SOFAR channel SOSUS Speed of sound TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimetry Underwater acoustics...
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    splashdown of test nose cones. The MILS hydrophones that were located in the SOFAR channel for broad area coverage have played a significant role in long range...
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  • One recommendation was a system to monitor low-frequency sound in the SOFAR channel using multiple listening sites equipped with hydrophones and a processing...
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    development and installation. The systems exploited the SOFAR channel, also known as the deep sound channel, where a sound speed minimum creates a waveguide...
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    Deep scattering layer Hydroacoustics Ocean acoustic tomography Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Underwater acoustics Satellites Jason-1 Jason-2 (Ocean Surface...
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    opposes the weight of an object immersed in fluid SOFAR channel, also known as Deep sound channel – Horizontal layer of water in the ocean at which depth...
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    profiles: the SOFAR channel. The axis of this channel is found at the depth of minimum sound speed. Sounds emitted at or near the axis of this channel propagate...
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    Deep scattering layer Hydroacoustics Ocean acoustic tomography Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Underwater acoustics Satellites Jason-1 Jason-2 (Ocean Surface...
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    Deep scattering layer Hydroacoustics Ocean acoustic tomography Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Underwater acoustics Satellites Jason-1 Jason-2 (Ocean Surface...
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    Survey's 1924 discovery of the sound fixing and ranging (SOFAR) channel or deep sound channel (DSC) – a horizontal layer of water in the ocean at which...
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    was the first time that volcanic activity had been detected using the SOFAR channel. In 1998 and 1999, the Hydrography Department conducted comprehensive...
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