Abstract
The New England Shelf Break Acoustics (NESBA) Signals and Noise experiment was conducted in April-May 2021. Ambient sound data were collected over several days in the mud-patch area as well as in deeper water closer to the shelf break. A 16-hydrophone vertical array was used to measure the natural sound of breaking waves on the sea-surface. Using beamforming in the 500–700 Hz band, these data were used to obtain an estimate of the bottom reflection coefficient as well as the seabed layering. The reflection coefficient data were subsequently used with trans-dimensional inversion techniques to produce a geoacoustic model for the seabed (e.g., sound speed, density, and layering). Results show the ambient sound data can be used to produce well resolved geo-acoustic parameters, especially in the upper part of the seabed (e.g., <10 m). These results are compared between several locations on the New England Shelf Break area and are also compared with other published results using different estimation techniques. In addition, some of the issues related to the impacts of data errors and preferred measurement geometries will also be presented. [Work supported by the Office of Naval Research.]
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