Abstract

Measurements from a bistatic surface scattering experiment are presented. Acoustic waveforms in the 200 kHz—400 kHz (VHF) frequency regime were transmitted and received in a variable speed wind wave channel at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Physics based analytic predictions for Doppler shift and arrival time spread are compared to experimental measurements. The effect of source/receiver depth and surface wave shape on acoustic properties of the surface multipath are quantified as a function of wind speed. The importance of transmit waveform Doppler sensitivity of common underwater communications signals is quantified for various surface scattering regimes. This work has direct application to the improved performance of phase coherent underwater acoustic communications systems and the remote sensing of gravity-capillary waves.

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