Arctic Climate Observations using Underwater Sound (ACOUS)

Environmental Monitoring (main)

Published: March 29, 2010, 12:00 am

Updated: December 2, 2011, 8:38 am

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Environmental Monitoring (main) Oceans and seas (main) Geography (main)

Arctic Climate Observations using Underwater Sound (ACOUS) is a joint U.S. and Russian program started in 1995. The main objective of ACOUS is to establish a long–term, real–time Arctic Ocean observing system using cabled moorings that integrate point measurements with acoustic remote sensing measurements.

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The remote sensing is used to monitor basin–scale changes in the ocean temperature and the thickness of the Arctic ice cover.

See Also

• Noise pollution

Further Reading

• Physical Oceanography Index
• P. N. Mikhalevsky, A. Gavrilov, and A. B. Baggeroer. The Transarctic Acoustic Propagation Experiment and climate monitoring in the Arctic. IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., 24:183–201, 1999.

Citation

Baum, S. (2011). Arctic Climate Observations using Underwater Sound (ACOUS). Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Arctic_Climate_Observations_using_Underwater_Sound_(ACOUS)