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Several experiments had been conducted in the North Sea to investigate the influence of bubbles on acoustic propagation and scattering within the near-surface layer. The data were obtained in the frequency regime from 3 kHz to 100 kHz for different environmental conditions. The results show acoustic screening of the sea surface due to bubble clouds with increasing frequency and sea state. The excess attenuation decreases with increasing depth below the surface and shows extremely high values within bubbles clouds.
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Herwig, H., Nützel, B. (1989). The Influence of Bubbles on Acoustic Propagation and Scattering. In: Chan, Y.T. (eds) Underwater Acoustic Data Processing. NATO ASI Series, vol 161. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2289-1_10
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