Variability of low‐frequency sound absorption in the ocean:pH dependence
作者:
Robert H. Mellen,
David G. Browning,
期刊:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
(AIP Available online 1977)
卷期:
Volume 61,
issue 3
页码: 704-706
ISSN:0001-4966
年代: 1977
DOI:10.1121/1.381357
出版商: Acoustical Society of America
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Experimental measurements of the excess sound absorption in sea water below 1 kHz show a marked regional dependence. For example, the excess in the North Pacific Ocean is found to be only half that in the North Atlantic Ocean. Recent laboratory measurements have demonstrated that the absorption mechanism is a boric acid–borate relaxation. Since this reaction is also a buffer in sea water, the equilibrium and, consequently, the absorption coefficient should depend strongly onpH. ApH correction factor for Thorp’s formula is proposed. Over the range ofpH values encountered in the oceans (7.5–8.2), the predicted absorption is, approximately, an exponentially increasing function ofpH with a range of values of about 5 to 1. Comparison of experimental absorption coefficients with predictions based on reported localpH values shows reasonably good agreement.
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