FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A numerical model for ocean ultra-low frequency noise: Wave-generated acoustic-gravity and Rayleigh modes BT AF ARDHUIN, Fabrice LAVANANT, Thibaut OBREBSKI, Mathias MARIE, Louis ROYER, Jean-Yves D'EU, Jean-Francois HOWE, Bruce M. LUKAS, Roger AUCAN, Jerome AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:2;5:3;6:3;7:4;8:4;9:5; FF 1:PDG-ODE-LOS;2:PDG-ODE-LPO;3:PDG-ODE-LOS;4:PDG-ODE-LPO;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:; C1 IFREMER, Lab Oceanog Spatiale, Plouzane, France. UBO, IFREMER, Lab Phys Oceans, CNRS,IRD,UMR6523, Plouzane, France. CNRS, Domaines Ocean, Plouzane, France. Univ Hawaii Manoa, Sch Ocean & Earth Sci & Technol, Honolulu, HI USA. Lab Etud Geophys & Oceanog Spatiale, Toulouse, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UBO, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UNIV HAWAII, USA LEGOS, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-ODE-LOS PDG-ODE-LPO UBOIUEM IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 1.555 TC 23 TU Centre national de la recherche scientifique Institut de recherche pour le développement Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer Université de Bretagne Occidentale UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00176/28748/27211.pdf LA English DT Article CR FROMVAR 2011 VT 109 / OHA-SIS-BIO-1 VT 112 / OHA-SIS-BIO-2 VT 115 / OHA-SIS-BIO-3 VT 119 / OHA-SIS-BIO-4 VT 128 / OHA-SIS-BIO-5 BO Côtes De La Manche Marion Dufresne AB The generation of ultra-low frequency acoustic noise (0.1 to 1 Hz) by the nonlinear interaction of ocean surface gravity waves is well established. More controversial are the quantitative theories that attempt to predict the recorded noise levels and their variability. Here a single theoretical framework is used to predict the noise level associated with propagating pseudo-Rayleigh modes and evanescent acoustic-gravity modes. The latter are dominant only within 200 m from the sea surface, in shallow or deep water. At depths larger than 500 m, the comparison of a numerical noise model with hydrophone records from two open-ocean sites near Hawaii and the Kerguelen islands reveal: (a) Deep ocean acoustic noise at frequencies 0.1 to 1 Hz is consistent with the Rayleigh wave theory, in which the presence of the ocean bottom amplifies the noise by 10 to 20 dB; (b) in agreement with previous results, the local maxima in the noise spectrum support the theoretical prediction for the vertical structure of acoustic modes; and (c) noise level and variability are well predicted for frequencies up to 0.4 Hz. Above 0.6 Hz, the model results are less accurate, probably due to the poor estimation of the directional properties of wind-waves with frequencies higher than 0.3 Hz. PY 2013 PD OCT SO Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America SN 0001-4966 PU Acoustical Soc Amer Amer Inst Physics VL 134 IS 4 UT 000330119700074 BP 3242 EP 3259 DI 10.1121/1.4818840 ID 28748 ER EF