南海北部海洋环境噪声谱级空间差异性分析

为研究中国近海海洋环境噪声的空间差异性,揭示其形成原因,以同一海域同一季节两个测量站位的长期观测数据为研究对象,对比两个站位噪声谱级的差异.结合海洋信道和噪声源特性的影响,分析港口强噪声源到噪声采集站位的传播损失,发现在50~500 Hz频段传播损失差值和噪声谱级差值呈现较强相关性;对港口航船噪声源级的分析发现,该频段内源级相差20 dB左右,与休渔期前后航船密度差异相对应。试验分析和研究结果表明,南海北部海域50~500 Hz频段内海洋环境噪声与航船噪声源密切相关,两站位噪声空间差异由海区传播条件差异与航船噪声源级差异共同引起。      

南海夏季海洋环境噪声与海面风速相关特性分析

海洋环境噪声是影响潜艇作战及远程目标探测和定位的重要参数,由于海洋环境噪声具有很强的时空变异性,因此只能通过试验数据测量和处理了解环境噪声的统计特性。本文以2013年4月30日至8月1日,南海典型海域布放海洋环境噪声测量潜标系统所收录的环境噪声为研究对象,数据处理结果表明,在整个频率范围内,海洋环境噪声与对数风速具有很好的线性关系,但环境噪声随风速变化的斜率与频率相关,在1kHz附近达到最大值。本文通过波束形成分析了海洋环境噪声的垂直指向性,并给出了“垂直方向噪声”、“水平方向噪声”和“全向噪声”与风速相关性分析结果,可以看出,在风浪噪声与远处航船噪声都有贡献的中频段,“垂直方向噪声”与海面风速的相关性好于“全向噪声”和“水平方向噪声”与海面风速的相关性,且“垂直方向噪声”随风速变化的斜率略大于“全向噪声”随风速变化的斜率。     

利用海洋环境噪声直接提取海底反射系数

提出了一种利用海洋环境噪声直接(非迭代)提取海底反射系数的方法,基于海洋环境噪声垂直相关函数与方向密度函数的相似性,结合海洋环境噪声射线理论,由两个垂直排列的水听器实现海底反射系数的被动获取.方法适应性的仿真分析说明较高海况下且近场无航船干扰的海洋环境噪声数据有利于方法的实现;对于两层海底,海洋环境噪声垂直相干函数经高...     

岛礁区域斜坡地形对深海环境噪声级深度分布的影响

考虑岛礁区域斜坡地形的影响,从理论上分析了南海深海区域噪声级随深度增加而变大的现象。南海北部深海区域环境噪声测量实验表明:大部分时间内噪声谱级随深度变化较小(160～800 m),但是在一些时间里,噪声谱级会出现随深度增加而变大的现象。考虑南海岛礁区域斜坡地形对声传播的影响,建立了南海深海区域的环境噪声模型,当航船经过岛礁附近时,航船噪声由于岛礁附近斜坡地形的作用进入深海声道,使远距离噪声谱级随深度增加而变大。利用模型计算噪声谱级随深度的分布,结果与实验数据符合较好。验证了南海深海区域噪声在岛礁斜坡地形影响下的复杂的变化特性。     

浅海环境噪声垂直指向性探测海底参数

浅海环境噪声垂直指向性和海底地声参数密切相关,可以利用它来反演海底参数。本文在水平分层介质噪声场模型下,讨论了海底参数对噪声垂直指向性的敏感度,并假设半无限大液态海底,采用效率较高的自适应单纯形模拟退火算法全局寻优,根据中国某海区实测噪声数据,估计了海底声速、密度及衰减,分析了反演结果的不确定性。鉴于声速和密度在不同频率的反演结果不够一致,文中提出多频海底参数联合反演方法,提高了反演海底声学参数的精度。     

考虑噪声源深度分布的海洋环境噪声模型及地声参数反演

考虑到海洋环境噪声源深度分布不集中,建立了噪声源随深度分布的海洋环境噪声模型,分析了源深度对噪声场垂向特征的影响并从简正波角度予以解释,发现海底声阻抗和声源深度都显著影响由海洋环境噪声获得的等效海底反射损失大掠射角部分,进而将该模型用于地声参数反演.两段实测噪声数据200—525 Hz频段的反演结果表明:基于海洋环境噪声的地声参数反演最优值与声传播的反演结果相近;源平均深度最优值随频率增加有变小的趋势,说明随频率增加环境噪声主要贡献源逐渐由航船转为风浪;当海况大于3级时,400 Hz以上频段噪声源深度平均值很小,与Monahan气泡理论的描述一致.     

用垂直阵和单水听器测量水下目标辐射噪声的误差分析及其修正方法

文章给出了水声波导模型下垂直阵和单水听器测量水下目标辐射噪声的误差和修正方法,以便使两种测量结果一致和统一。在设定典型水声波导的参数后,用波数积分方法计算出声源到垂直阵各阵元的信道传输函数,再推导出垂直嵌套阵聚焦波束的信道传输函数,从而得到单水听器和垂直嵌套阵的测量误差。数值计算表明在70 m海深条件下,不同深度单水听器测量单频信号频谱级起伏达15 dB以上,总声级测量误差的均值为3 dB,而垂直嵌套阵测量单频信号频谱级起伏仅4 dB,总声级测量误差的均值趋于0 dB。海上实验测量单频信号声源级的结果与数值计算的起伏一致,海试中垂直阵获得较高的空间增益。结论是在浅海条件下垂直阵的测量精度高于单水听器的测量精度,用单水听器测量的目标总声级需要修正时可以修正,而用单水听器测量的单频信号声源级则难以修正。     

海面随机起伏对噪声场空间特性的影响规律

对于1 k Hz以上声波,海面起伏会对浅海声传播产生显著影响,现有的噪声预报模型在建模过程中基本没有考虑海面起伏的影响.针对这一问题,本文基于传输理论建立了随机起伏界面下噪声场垂直相关性和指向性模型,仿真分析了海面起伏对噪声强度、垂直相关性与指向性的影响.结果表明,对于表面噪声,海面随机起伏使声波能量从中间阶简正波向低阶和高阶简正波转移,而对噪声强度起主要贡献的一般是中间阶简正波,所以海面起伏使得噪声强度减弱;简正波之间能量的耦合导致垂直平面上不同掠射角方向上到达的声波响应发生变化,经由海面反射大掠射角到达的声波响应以及中小角度到达的声波响应变弱,而经由海底反射大掠射角到达的声波响应变强;海面随机起伏还会扰动各阶简正波相位,使不同阶简正波互相关性变弱,致使噪声场的空间相关性也变弱.     

表面声道对深海风成噪声垂直空间特性的影响规律

水下风成噪声的垂直空间特性包括噪声垂直方向性和垂直相关性,研究海洋环境对其影响规律对提升声呐性能、增加海洋环境参数反演的准确性具有重要意义.本文利用Pekeris割线下的简正波理论描述噪声的传播过程,研究了深海环境下存在表面声道时,表面声道以下噪声垂直空间特性的变化规律及其原因.研究表明,在临界深度以上,表面声道的存在导致噪声垂直方向性在水平凹槽边缘靠近海底方向上的峰值升高,噪声垂直相关性随垂直距离增加先后周期地向正相干和负相干方向偏移;在临界深度以下,表面声道的存在导致水平方向上的噪声能量增强,噪声垂直相关性整体向正相干方向偏移.当表面声道的参数变化时,表面声道的厚度变化对噪声垂直空间特性影响较大,而表面声道内的声速梯度变化对噪声垂直空间特性几乎没有影响.结合各类简正波的变化分析表明,存在表面声道时,噪声源激发的折射简正波阶数增加,强度增强,是表面声道引起噪声垂直空间特性变化的主要原因.     

海面波浪谱对深海低频环境噪声的影响

提出了一种适用于深海低频环境噪声的波浪谱,通过声压谱和波浪谱的理论关系,分析了深海低频噪声在百赫兹以下的谱特征,解释了不同频段噪声谱的主要产生机理。将深海传播条件下海面波浪谱与海面风速相结合,利用波浪发声理论得到一种低频海洋环境噪声理论表示方法。仿真结果表明,波浪谱决定着辐射噪声谱的强度和斜率,本模型得到的理论噪声谱可以对低频海洋环境噪声进行预报。2016年的深海实验观测数据分析显示,统计的环境噪声谱级在1 Hz至100 Hz频段范围内大于70 dB,并且噪声谱在低频段呈倒“N”型,在34 Hz处为噪声谱的谷值,噪声级为70 dB,在50 Hz处为噪声谱的峰值,噪声级为92 dB,通过理论计算和实验对比,相关系数为0.95,理论结果和实验测量对比结果符合较好。      

一种海洋环境噪声分步反演地声参数方法

分析不同海底参数对环境噪声垂向空间特性的敏感度,根据海底密度对环境噪声垂直指向性的小掠射角部分不敏感,而对等效海底损失的大掠射角部分相对敏感的特点,提出了一种海洋环境噪声分步反演地声参数方法:先用环境噪声垂直指向性小掠射角部分反演海底声速、衰减;之后利用大掠射角部分来反演海底密度。仿真算例和海上实验数据处理结果验证了该方法的有效性。结果表明:分步反演加强了匹配物理量对海底参数敏感部分的关注,在反演结果精度(海底密度)以及反演效率上都有所改善,具有一定可行性。      

The effect of slope of island reef on the deep sea ambient noise

Considering the effect of the slope of reef area,the phenomenon that the noise level in the deep sea area of the South China Sea increases with depth is analyzed theoretically.The experiment on ambient noise in the deep sea area of the northern South China Sea shows that the noise spectrum level changes little with depth(160 m to 800 m) for most of the time,but at some time,the phenomenon that the noise spectrum level increases with depth would arise.Considering the effect of topography on sound propagation in the South China Sea,the ambient noise model of deep sea area in the South China Sea is developed.When a ship passes the sea around the reef or island,the ship noise spreads into the deep sea sound channel due to the terrain near the reef or island such that the distant noise spectrum level increases with depth.The distribution of noise spectrum level with depth can be computed by using the noise model,and it has good agreement with the experimental data.So the variation characteristics of deep sea noise affected by the slope of island reef in the South China Sea are verified.     

利用海洋环境噪声估计浅海海底表层声速

为提高反演效率,提出一种快速估计浅海海底表层声速的方法。根据噪声能流理论,垂直阵接收的海洋环境噪声数据能够用于无源提取海底反射损失,反射损失曲线中具有明显的临界角效应,从而接估计海底表层声速。以射线模型为基础,推导了噪声提取的反射损失与理论值之间的差异,并讨论实际阵列波束形成在不同角度和频率下的性能。考虑到非等声速环境下声线会发生弯曲,需对角度进行修正以提高方法的广泛适用性。不同频率的临界角与有效深度之间存在对应关系,黄海某海区数据处理结果表明,在临界角不变的有效深度内,海底表层可以视为等声速层,该海区海底表层0.5 m内声速估计结果为1547 m/s,与有源反演结果相近。      

Spatial coherences of the sound pressure and the particle velocity in underwater ambient noise

The spatial coherences were investigated between the sound pressure and the three orthogonal components of the particle velocity in underwater ambient noise. Based on the ray theory, integral expression was derived for the spatial coherence matrix of the sound pressure and the particle velocity in a stratified ocean with dipole noise sources homogenously distributed on the surface. The integrand includes a multiplying factor of the vertical directivity of the noise intensity, and the layered ocean environment affects the spatial coherences via this directivity factor. For a shallow water environment and a semi-infinite homogenous medium, the coherence calculation results were given. It was showed that the sound speed profile and the sea bottom could not be neglected in determining the spatial coherences of the ambient noise vector field.     

Field measurements of sonic boom penetration into the ocean

Six sonic booms, generated by F-4 aircraft under steady flight at a range of altitudes (610-6100 m) and Mach numbers (1.07-1.26), were measured just above the air/sea interface, and at five depths in the water column. The measurements were made with a vertical hydrophone array suspended from a small spar buoy at the sea surface, and telemetered to a nearby research vessel. The sonic boom pressure amplitude decays exponentially with depth, and the signal fades into the ambient noise field by 30-50 m, depending on the strength of the boom at the sea surface. Low-frequency components of the boom waveform penetrate significantly deeper than high frequencies. Frequencies greater than 20 Hz are difficult to observe at depths greater than about 10 m. Underwater sonic boom pressure measurements exhibit excellent agreement with predictions from analytical theory, despite the assumption of a flat air/sea interface. Significant scattering of the sonic boom signal by the rough ocean surface is not detected. Real ocean conditions appear to exert a negligible effect on the penetration of sonic booms into the ocean unless steady vehicle speeds exceed Mach 3, when the boom incidence angle is sufficient to cause scattering on realistic open ocean surfaces.     

Passive acoustic detection and localization of whales: effects of shipping noise in Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park

The performance of large-aperture hydrophone arrays to detect and localize blue and fin whales' 15-85 Hz signature vocalizations under ocean noise conditions was assessed through simulations from a normal mode propagation model combined to noise statistics from 15 960 h of recordings in Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park. The probability density functions of 2482 summer noise level estimates in the call bands were used to attach a probability of detection/masking to the simulated call levels as a function of whale depth and range for typical environmental conditions. Results indicate that call detection was modulated by the calling depth relative to the sound channel axis and by modal constructive and destructive interferences with range. Masking of loud infrasounds could reach 40% at 30 km for a receiver at the optimal depth. The 30 dB weaker blue whale D-call were subject to severe masking. Mapping the percentages of detection and localization allowed assessing the performance of a six-hydrophone array under mean- and low-noise conditions. This approach is helpful for optimizing hydrophone configuration in implementing passive acoustic monitoring arrays and building their detection function for whale density assessment, as an alternative to or in combination with the traditional undersampling visual methods.