• In oceanography, a sofar bomb (Sound Fixing And Ranging bomb), occasionally referred to as a sofar disc, is a long-range position-fixing system that uses...
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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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  • Sofar may refer to: Sofar bomb (SOund Fixing And Ranging bomb), a long-range position-fixing system that uses explosive sounds in the deep sound channel...
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  • Acoustics Deep scattering layer Hydroacoustics Ocean acoustic tomography Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Underwater acoustics Satellites Jason-1 Jason-2 (Ocean Surface...
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    Ocean acoustic tomography Short baseline acoustic positioning system Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Sound speed gradient Sound velocity probe Ultra-short baseline...
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    Cape Canaveral at a depth of about 15,000 ft (4,600 m). An unexploded SOFAR bomb, designed for sound fixing and ranging in case the craft sank, had failed...
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  • Ocean acoustic tomography Short baseline acoustic positioning system Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Sound speed gradient Sound velocity probe Ultra-short baseline...
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    "Ocean Project", experts removed and disposed of an explosive device (SOFAR bomb) that was supposed to detonate in the event of the spacecraft's sinking...
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    Acoustics Deep scattering layer Hydroacoustics Ocean acoustic tomography Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Underwater acoustics Satellites Jason-1 Jason-2 (Ocean Surface...
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    drift from time to time, especially on longer missions. Radar chaff and a SOFAR bomb which could be detected by the recovery ship's hydrophone were eliminated...
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    the plan. They sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, exploding a sofar bomb en route. Booster performance was excellent other than some vibration...
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    Ocean acoustic tomography Short baseline acoustic positioning system Sofar bomb SOFAR channel Sound speed gradient Sound velocity probe Ultra-short baseline...
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  • aircraft had established SOFAR stations to detect and localize the explosion of a Sofar bomb. The Navy's Mark 22/0 SOFAR bomb had about four pounds of...
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    heating blankets removed from the retrorocket motors, to save weight, and a SOFAR bomb was added. This would be ejected at the time the main parachute was deployed...
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  • discovery of the SOFAR Channel, the invention of the sofar bomb, and did much fundamental work on plate tectonics. While he was working on SOFAR, Ewing engaged...
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    this minimum creates a special channel known as deep sound channel, or SOFAR (sound fixing and ranging) channel, permitting guided propagation of underwater...
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    techniques to recover them. Oceans portal Acoustical oceanography Ray tracing SOFAR channel SOSUS Speed of sound TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimetry Underwater...
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    Weapons Station Earle. The munitions included 512 tons of explosives. Four SOFAR bombs were packed in the explosives cargo hold with booster charges of 500...
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    acoustic positioning systems used to track underwater vehicles and divers Sofar bomb – A long-range position-fixing system that uses explosive sounds in the...
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    layer known as the Sound Fixing and Ranging Channel (SOFAR). Sounds can be detected in the SOFAR from large distances, allowing for a limited number of...
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    Kickstarter Patreon Retail Craigslist MercadoLibre Vinted Kijiji Music and film Sofar Sounds Tudou Services and freelancing Pickle TaskRabbit Thumbtack Swap and...
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    for the Jews.", p. 67: at 1947 "The League's Political Committee met in Sofar, Lebanon, on 16–19 September, and urged the Palestine Arabs to fight partition...
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    for citizenship"; p. 67, at 1947 "The League's Political Committee met in Sofar, Lebanon, on 16–19 September, and urged the Palestine Arabs to fight partition...
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