Sonar Equations for Planets and Moons
conference paper
A set of equations to describe the performance of sonar systems, collectively known as the “sonar equations”, was developed during and after the Second World War. These equations assumed that both the sonar equipment and the object to be detected (usually a submarine) would be submerged in one of Earth’s seas or oceans, and the efficacy of the sonar equations is long established for this situation. Looking ahead into the 21st century, the proposed use of sonar in the exotic oceans of Europa, Ganymede or Titan demands a fresh look at the 50-year-old sonar equations to assess their suitability for this new purpose. Examples are given for Europa’s icy ocean, one of Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes, and Jupiter’s dense gaseous atmosphere.
TNO Identifier
526731
Source title
The 22nd International Congress on Sound and Vibration - Major challenges in Acoustics, Noise and Vibration Research, ICSV22, 12-16 July 2015, Florence, Italy
Editor(s)
Crocker, M.J.
Pawelczyk, M.
et al
Pawelczyk, M.
et al
Pages
8 p.
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