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Title:

Ocean modelling capabilities for input into acoustic models for shallow water choke points

Agreement Number:

EGP

Agreement Value:

$25,000.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 23, 2017 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Alberta, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q2-00508

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

Myers, Paul (University of Alberta)

Program:

Engage Grants for Universities

Program Purpose:

The proposed work aims to provide environmental parameters to acoustic models which will ultimately bex000D
required at operational timescales. It is thought that other Arctic modelling research will also benefit. Activex000D
and passive acoustic models require accurate representation of the ice profile which ASL will be providing byx000D
combined use of Radarsat SAR and upward looking sonar data. Models also require the physical oceanographicx000D
conditions influencing the density structure and mobility of the water column: temperature, salinity andx000D
currents. Operationally these parameters can only be provided Arctic wide via models.x000D
The challenge for this work is to investigate model capabilities and application to acoustic requirements at ax000D
shallow water choke point. Here it is likely that high resolution model results will be necessary to representx000D
sufficiently accurately the physical ocean parameters across distances as small as 2-3 km. It is this scale, andx000D
ability of the models to meet this requirement, that is to be investigated through this work.