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Monitoring of ocean current perturbations using acoustic phase variations

Zieliński A., Butowski M., Kraeutner P.

Hydroacoustics

2009

Vol. 12

237-248

In this paper, we review an acoustic method for measuring both average ocean current speed and sound speed along an acoustic path. The method requires two or more stations on the sea floor, synchronized through a connecting underwater electric cable, that can transmit and receive an acoustic signal and The method is based on reciprocal acoustic transmissions to determine time of flight in both the forward and reverse directions. A specific implementation of this method is proposed. We also consider a novel method for monitoring ocean current perturbations through acoustic phase measurements. In simplest form, a continuous sinusoidal signal is transmitted from one station to a second station. Any variations in ocean current speed will introduce a phase shift in the received signal proportional to the time derivative of the current speed. This effect has been demonstrated through ultrasonic in-air experiments. Finally, the two methods are combined into a single system that continuously measures small-scale ocean current velocity changes.

Ocean average current measurement using acoustic phase monitoring

Zieliński A., Zhou L., Butowski M.

Hydroacoustics

2008

Vol. 11

459-467

Knowledge of water currents is important in several ocean-related activities. Typically, current speed and direction are measured at a certain fixed location and depth (or depth profile) by a suitable current meter. In this paper, we propose a novel method for average current speed measurement along a path, based on acoustic phase monitoring. In this method, a transmitter and a receiver are installed at the ends of a designated path. A transmitted sinusoidal signal propagates along the path to the receiver. Intervening currents will introduce Doppler frequency shifts that can be measured as a rate of phase change in the received signal. The phase is recovered by means of a phase detector and unwrapping techniques. The desirable feature of the proposed method is that average current speed is monitored along the entire path. Moreover, the estimated frequency shift via the phase measurement achieves a higher accuracy in current measurement than does a measure of frequency directly by an FM demodulator.