title: Analysis of wind-driven ambient noise in a shallow water environment with a sandy seabed.
abstract: On the New Jersey continental shelf ambient sound levels were recorded during tropical storm Ernesto that produced wind speeds up to 40 knots in early September 2006. The seabed at the position of the acoustic measurements can be approximately described as coarse sand. Differences between the ambient noise levels for the New Jersey shelf measurements and deep water reference measurements are modeled using both normal mode and ray methods. The analysis is consistent with a nonlinear frequency dependent seabed attenuation for the New Jersey site.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Knobles
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Gaul
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Graber
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009515:New Jersey; D009622:Noise; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D014919:Wind
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide