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Improvement of an acoustic sounder device used to measure atmospheric turbulence

Approved for public release; distribution in unlimited. / Optical turbulence plays an important role in the propagation of electromagnetic waves through the atmosphere because it broadens and distorts the optical beam. A variety of optical, thermal, and acoustic instruments are used to detect the atmospheric turbulence and an acoustic echosounder has proven to be a valuable tool to probe the fine dynamic structure of atmospheric turbulence within first hundred meters above the surface. The first planar acoustic echosounder constructed at the Naval Postgraduate School was by Weingartner and Wroblewski, under Walters' supervision. Moxcey later modified this design by reducing the number of drivers from 25 to 19 and placing the drivers closer together into a hexagonal, close-packed array. This thesis explored the potential sources of the transducer ringing and implemented solutions to the problem. Additionally, we also improved the receiving sensitivity of the echosounder and lowered the electronics noise when receiving. Finally, we applied these techniques to another array assembled with new drivers to improve its performance compared to the previous echosounder array, while measuring and quantifying the level of improvement achieved. / Lieutenant Commander, Republic of China Navy

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/1221
Date12 1900
CreatorsLiu, Jeng-Shiung
ContributorsHofler, Thomas J., Walters, Donald L., Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)., Department of Physics
PublisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Source SetsNaval Postgraduate School
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatxvi, 53 p. : ill. (some col.) ;, application/pdf
RightsCopyright is reserved by the copyright owner.

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