Statistical aspects of acoustic returns from a wind-driven water surface covered with organic films

The statistical properties of ultrasonic (10 MHz) signals scattered at a wind-driven water surface covered with different petroleum derivative films of well-defined and oceanographically relevant elastic surface properties were examined under laboratory and open-sea conditions. Evolution of the shap...

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Main Author: S.J. POGORZELSKI
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences 2014-01-01
Series:Archives of Acoustics
Online Access:https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/1018
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description The statistical properties of ultrasonic (10 MHz) signals scattered at a wind-driven water surface covered with different petroleum derivative films of well-defined and oceanographically relevant elastic surface properties were examined under laboratory and open-sea conditions. Evolution of the shape, skewness and kurtosis parameters of the signal distribution as a function of wind speed reflects a principal role played by the film elasticity. The elastic properties of composite sea surfaces likely to be present in nature and consisting of oil spills filled with a surface active material, floating solid particles, bubbles or drops of a third fluid with their important implications in remote sensing techniques are also discussed. A two-spatial scale irregularities distribution of the sea surface (capillary ripples present on tilted faces of long gravity waves) expresses itself in the corresponding signatures of at-sea experiment data.
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spelling doaj-art-175a3881ca1e44878cf396cd307f331e2025-08-20T03:50:45ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2014-01-01201Statistical aspects of acoustic returns from a wind-driven water surface covered with organic filmsS.J. POGORZELSKI0Environmental Acoustics Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of GdańskThe statistical properties of ultrasonic (10 MHz) signals scattered at a wind-driven water surface covered with different petroleum derivative films of well-defined and oceanographically relevant elastic surface properties were examined under laboratory and open-sea conditions. Evolution of the shape, skewness and kurtosis parameters of the signal distribution as a function of wind speed reflects a principal role played by the film elasticity. The elastic properties of composite sea surfaces likely to be present in nature and consisting of oil spills filled with a surface active material, floating solid particles, bubbles or drops of a third fluid with their important implications in remote sensing techniques are also discussed. A two-spatial scale irregularities distribution of the sea surface (capillary ripples present on tilted faces of long gravity waves) expresses itself in the corresponding signatures of at-sea experiment data.https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/1018
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Statistical aspects of acoustic returns from a wind-driven water surface covered with organic films
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title Statistical aspects of acoustic returns from a wind-driven water surface covered with organic films
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title_fullStr Statistical aspects of acoustic returns from a wind-driven water surface covered with organic films
title_full_unstemmed Statistical aspects of acoustic returns from a wind-driven water surface covered with organic films
title_short Statistical aspects of acoustic returns from a wind-driven water surface covered with organic films
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