Objective
Acoustic tomography is a non-intrusive technology ideally suited for remotely observing, studying and eventually monitoring the large-scale state and environmental changes in the sea. The proposed project intends to develop an integrated and easy-to-use acoustic tomography capability for the community of ocean scientists, service agencies, and commercial enterprises. The long-term GOALS are to
- turn tomography into a ROUTINE, AFFORDABLE, and OPERATIONAL tool for ocean RESEARCH, MONITORING and FORECASTING which also the non-specialist user has access to
- to increase the ACCEPTANCE and USAGE of tomography results as "routine" data
- to enable small/medium enterprises (SME's) to carry out operational applications and provide instrument services in tomography.
These objectives will be achieved through the following MEASURES: I. SOFTWARE PACKAGE:
A suite of user-friendly machine-independent software routines will be developed for easy and rapid preparation, processing, and analysis of tomography experiments.The expectation is that this will make tomography more accessible and affordable for the non-specialist user. The package will include - Ocean data routines: to generate sound speed profiles, sections, EOF modes, etc.to be used as input for acoustic modelling
- Acoustic propagation modelling routines: to calculate transmission losses, arrival patterns, influence coefficients for inversions
- Acoustic data pre-processing routines: to perform the signal processing (cross-correlation, Doppler analysis, etc.) and mooring motion/clock drift correction
- Acoustic data analysis routines: to perform arrival time/angle estimation, peak identification, and slice inversions
II. DATA MANAGEMENT AND EXPLOITATION:
A standard data format will be established for archiving of tomography data. The needs of the end users (e.g. for data assimilation) will be analyzed and taken account of. Further, a data bank will be established for the European tomography data from this and previous MAST projects. These measures are important for dissemination and to make tomography more accepted and widely used as "standard" data for research and for future monitoring/forecasting applications like GOOS.
III. ROUTINE PRODUCTS AND INSTRUMENT SERVICE:
The SME partner of the proposed project will be responsible for integration of the software package and will thus become familiar with the routine processing of tomography data. In addition, this SME will establish a calibration facility for tomography instruments and initiate an instrument service center. Since this company is already performing other sea-going marine services, it will thus be prepared to provide complete services for routine/operational applications of tomography.
All developments will be tested and demonstrated with past and ongoing tomography experiments.
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