AbsorptionAlphaAinslieMcColm {sonar}

Calculation of absorption in sea water from Ainslie and McColm 1998

Description

Returns the absorption in sea water from Ainslie and McColm 1998

Usage

AbsorptionAlphaAinslieMcColm(f, temperatureC, S, D, pH)

Arguments

f

frequency (kHz)

temperatureC

temperature in degrees C

S

salinity in %

D

depth in meters

pH

pH

Value

the absorption

Author(s)

Jose Gama

Source

National Physical Laboratory, 2015 Calculation of absorption of sound in seawater http://resource.npl.co.uk/acoustics/techguides/seaabsorption/

References

Ainslie and McColm 1998 J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 103, No. 3

Examples

AbsorptionAlphaAinslieMcColm(20, 0, 30, 0, 7)