Jianmin Lin, Runjing He, Qunshu Tang, Lei Zhang, Wen Xu
{"title":"Measurement of ocean currents by seafloor distributed optical-fiber acoustic sensing.","authors":"Jianmin Lin, Runjing He, Qunshu Tang, Lei Zhang, Wen Xu","doi":"10.1121/10.0034237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ocean current measurements play a crucial role in aiding our understanding of ocean dynamics and circulation systems. Traditional methods, such as drifters and ocean buoys, are sparsely distributed and of limited effectiveness due to the nature of the marine environment and high operating expenses. Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is an emerging technology using submarine optical-fiber (OF) cables as dense seismo-acoustic arrays, offering a new perspective for ocean observations. Here, in situ observations of ocean surface gravity waves (OSGWs) and ocean currents by DAS were made along a pre-existing 33.6 km seafloor OF cable. The average current velocity and water depth along the cable were determined from observed OSGW-induced seafloor noise (0.05-0.2 Hz) using ambient-noise interferometry and frequency-domain beamforming. Variations in current velocity were derived at high spatiotemporal resolution using the frequency-domain waveform-stretching method. The inverted current velocity was verified by nearby ocean buoy observations and forecasting results. The observations demonstrate the effectiveness of DAS-instrumented OF cables in monitoring ocean currents.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"2974-2981"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin West, Angus Deuchars, Islah Ali-MacLachlan
{"title":"Office soundscape assessment: A model of acoustic environment perception in open-plan officesa).","authors":"Benjamin West, Angus Deuchars, Islah Ali-MacLachlan","doi":"10.1121/10.0034230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The soundscape approach has been utilised in recent research for residential environments, but applications to indoor working environments remain limited. This study investigated the suitability of affective quality evaluations of open-plan office acoustics. Perceptual assessments were completed by occupants of eight open-plan office floorplates, using affective dimensions outlined in PD ISO/TS 12913-3:2019 and indoor soundscape studies. Participant demographic, contextual, work-related quality, and psychological well-being data were collected. Workstation noise levels were measured following BS ISO 22955:2021. Principal component analysis identified Pleasantness, Eventfulness, and Emptiness as the main perceptual dimensions, cumulatively explaining 56% of the total variance. Results indicate the suitability of the PD ISO/TS 12913-3:2019 two-dimensional model for open-plan offices. The perceived presence of human sounds negatively correlated with ISO Pleasantness yet positively correlated with ISO Eventfulness. Participant gender and aural diversity mediated ISO Pleasantness. Psychological well-being and work-related quality correlated positively with soundscape pleasantness. No correlations were found between level-based acoustical indicators-equivalent continuous sound level (LAeq), level exceeded 10% (LA10) and 90% (LA90) of the time, level variability (LA10-LA90) and Liveliness-and perceptual scores. A conceptual representation of open-plan office soundscape perception is presented, offering a framework for evaluating and designing workspaces to enhance well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"2949-2959"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Underwater acoustic spiral wavefront transducer with low phase directionality error.","authors":"Rongzhen Guo, Wei Lu, Yu Lan","doi":"10.1121/10.0034358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034358","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The phase and azimuth angle of acoustic spiral wavefronts are linearly related. Based on this phase directionality of spiral wavefronts, the complex azimuth determination of the positioning of unmanned underwater vehicles can be converted into simple phase acquisition processes, where the azimuth determination accuracy is influenced by the phase directionality error of a spiral wavefront transducer. This study proposes a spiral wavefront transducer that improves the underwater positioning accuracy. The transducer can emit low-frequency acoustic spiral wavefronts with low phase directionality error. Moreover, the causes of the phase directionality error of phased-spiral transducers are discussed, and optimization design principles for minimizing the error were presented. Subsequently, a transducer prototype is designed, fabricated, and tested. In the experiment, the transmitting voltage response and phase directionality of the prototype in a water tank are measured, and experimental results well agreed with the simulation results. For the prototype, the resonance frequency is 1312 Hz, the maximum transmitting voltage response is 129.7 dB, and the phase directionality error is 1.45°.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"3459-3467"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Bruce Martin, Martin Siderius, Michael A Ainslie, Michele B Halvorsen, Leila Hatch, Mark K Prior, Daniel Brooker, James Caplinger, Christine Erbe, John Gebbie, Kevin D Heaney, Alexander O MacGillivray, Marie-Noel Matthews, Victor O Oppeneer, Alexandra Schäfke, Renée P Schoeman, H Özkan Sertlek
{"title":"Verifying models of the underwater soundscape from wind and ships with benchmark scenariosa).","authors":"S Bruce Martin, Martin Siderius, Michael A Ainslie, Michele B Halvorsen, Leila Hatch, Mark K Prior, Daniel Brooker, James Caplinger, Christine Erbe, John Gebbie, Kevin D Heaney, Alexander O MacGillivray, Marie-Noel Matthews, Victor O Oppeneer, Alexandra Schäfke, Renée P Schoeman, H Özkan Sertlek","doi":"10.1121/10.0026597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0026597","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Models of the underwater acoustic soundscape are important for evaluating the effects of human generated sounds on marine life. The performance of models can be validated against measurements or verified against each other for consistency. A verification workshop was held to compare models that predict the soundscape from wind and vessels and estimate detection ranges for a submerged target. Eight modeling groups participated in the workshop which predicted sound levels with observation windows of 1 min and 1 km2. Substantial differences were found in how modelers computed the propagation losses for decidecade bands and estimated the source level of wind. Further investigations resulted in recommendations on best practices. Choices of temporal and spatial modeling resolution affected the estimates of metrics proportional to total sound energy more than distributions of sound pressure level. Deeper receivers were less sensitive to these parameters than shallow ones. A temporal resolution of 1 min and spatial resolution of 100 m is recommended. Models that follow the recommendations will yield similar results. The detection range of underwater targets is highly variable when the ambient noise depends on moving noise sources. Future work to verify models against data and understand model uncertainty is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"3422-3438"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neville Fletcher's vibrant valve voyage.","authors":"Whitney L Cole","doi":"10.1121/10.0034226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"R11-R12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhiyao Du, Yu Hao, Longhao Qiu, Chenmu Li, Guolong Liang
{"title":"Sparsity-based direction-of-arrival estimation in the presence of near-field and far-field interferences for small-scale platform sonar arrays.","authors":"Zhiyao Du, Yu Hao, Longhao Qiu, Chenmu Li, Guolong Liang","doi":"10.1121/10.0034240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034240","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For the sonar arrays mounted on an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), the direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation of the far-field (FF) weak sources is influenced by the near-field (NF) interferences generated from the radiated self-noise of the UUV and the FF interferences simultaneously. To address the problem, a sparsity-based DOA estimation method resistant to the NF and FF interferences is proposed in this paper. This method isolates the FF signals from the NF signals by sparse reconstruction. Additionally, subspace projection is applied to address the masking problem of the weak target signal by the strong interferences in the spatial domain, effectively enhancing the capacity of estimating the DOA of the weak target signal in the presence of strong interferences. Numerical simulations and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Compared to other advanced DOA estimation methods, the proposed method exhibits better DOA estimation performance in the presence of strong NF and FF interferences.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"2989-3005"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Range versus frequency averaging of underwater propagation loss for soundscape modelinga).","authors":"Mikhail M Zykov, S Bruce Martin","doi":"10.1121/10.0030475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0030475","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Guidance on efficient methods is needed for the practical application of modeling the sound field from broadband sources such as vessels, seismic surveys, and construction activities. These sound field models are employed for estimating how changes in the soundscape will affect marine life. For efficiency, acoustic propagation modeling is often performed in bands (decidecade or 13-octave), where propagation loss modeled for central frequency is assumed to represent an average propagation loss in the band. This shortcut comes at the expense of accuracy, which can be rectified by averaging the propagation loss across many frequencies in the band. Alternately, the equivalence of range and frequency averaging was shown by Harrison and Harrison [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97, 1314-1317 (1995)]. However, when and how to apply range averaging required further investigations. A simple environment with a flat sandy bottom and an isovelocity water-column sound speed profile was considered to test the agreement between the range and frequency averages for decidecade bands typically considered in soundscape modelling (10-1000 Hz). The optimal range smoothing window is a Gaussian window with a width of 10%-16% of the range from the source that switches to a width fixed beyond 20 km distance from the source.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"3439-3445"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert H Margolis, Victoria Sanchez, Lisa L Hunter, Aparna Rao, Suzannah Boyle, Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Amelia N Wong
{"title":"Air-conduction and bone-conduction reference threshold levels-A multicenter studya).","authors":"Robert H Margolis, Victoria Sanchez, Lisa L Hunter, Aparna Rao, Suzannah Boyle, Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Amelia N Wong","doi":"10.1121/10.0034456","DOIUrl":"10.1121/10.0034456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Air-conduction (AC) and bone-conduction (BC) thresholds were measured to evaluate standard reference thresholds and recommend revisions to audiometer standards. AC and BC thresholds were measured from listeners with normal hearing (NH) and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) at three sites. NH participants (n = 53) were selected based on age (18-25 years old), normal AC thresholds, tympanometry, otoscopy, and absence of otologic disease. SNHL participants (n = 49) were selected based on AC thresholds, tympanometry, otoscopy, and absence of otologic disease. AC thresholds obtained from NH listeners averaged 3.7 dB hearing level (HL). Air-bone gaps (ABGs) occurred in NH and SNHL listeners above 2000 Hz and in SNHL listeners at 250 Hz. Corrections to standard reference equivalent threshold sound pressure levels are recommended. ABGs in listeners without conductive pathology result from incorrect reference threshold levels for frequencies above 2000 Hz. False ABGs increase with hearing-loss magnitude, probably the result of the effects of ambient and internal noise for low-level BC stimuli. False ABGs place patients at risk for unnecessary medical and surgical intervention. Reference threshold levels should achieve two objectives: (1) AC thresholds from young NH listeners should average 0 dB HL; and (2) ABGs from listeners with normal middle-ear function should average 0 dB.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"3545-3553"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142687353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiang Fang, Francesco Aletta, Andrew Mitchell, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang
{"title":"Determining factors for the appropriateness of soundscapes: A cross-sectional large-sample study in London (UK)a).","authors":"Xiang Fang, Francesco Aletta, Andrew Mitchell, Tin Oberman, Jian Kang","doi":"10.1121/10.0034418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034418","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the association between appropriateness and the pleasantness-eventfulness circumplex model, as well as the influencing environmental and personal factors, in accordance with the recommended questionnaire of ISO/TS 12913-2 (2018). A database was used, containing over 1000 soundscape surveys collected across eleven locations in London. Confirmatory factor analysis and the structural summary method were applied to validate the relationship between appropriateness and the pleasantness-eventfulness circumplex model, while linear multilevel models were developed to investigate the effect of personal and environmental factors on appropriateness. The findings highlight varying relationship between appropriateness and the pleasantness-eventfulness dimensions of the soundscape circumplex model. The effect of personal factors on appropriateness is not negligible, accounting for approximately 2.1% of the variance. In contrast to the effects of the categories of landscape composition and acoustic metrics, dominant sound source type is the most influential category of environmental factors, with natural sounds explaining the most variance at 6%. Traffic noise is negatively associated with appropriateness which varies by location, while human sounds are negatively associated with appropriateness when respondents were Asian/Asian British. The findings provide empirical evidence of the relationship between appropriateness and the soundscape circumplex model and offer comprehensive insights into the affecting factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"3588-3607"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142716474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mark E Kelly, Matthew McKinley, Guangpeng Liu, Chengzhi Shi
{"title":"Evaluation of inner product-based demultiplexing of vortex-based underwater acoustic communications signals in realistic environments.","authors":"Mark E Kelly, Matthew McKinley, Guangpeng Liu, Chengzhi Shi","doi":"10.1121/10.0034361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acoustic vortex beams have garnered recent interest as an avenue to improve underwater acoustic communication bandwidth and speed. Design and deployment of these systems in ocean environments and at operational ranges has yet to be demonstrated due to the challenging and dynamic nature of the underwater acoustic environment. This manuscript presents methods to model the time series of vortex-based communication signals in ocean environments using ray tracing algorithms. The methods are used to assess the effects of Doppler, ocean turbulence, positional error, and range-dependent environmental parameters on the inner product demultiplexing of the communication signals encoded in the acoustic orbital angular momentum.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"156 5","pages":"3112-3117"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142622995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}