Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to internal government memo

Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by whythre on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:52AM (#36414878)

I am not a marine noise expert, but it’s my understanding that noise transmits horizontally underwater way better than vertically. Since this sub is going really deep, getting the pings to go ‘up’ to a meaningful degree is going to be difficult.

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Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by atoav on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:44AM (#36415608)

This is correct, the different temperatured layers of water typically develope quite well defined borders, these border regions act like any border between mediums with differing densities: they refract and reflect waves passing through them.

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Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by XorNot on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @06:44AM (#36416850)

Right: but even in then, you'd still be able to drop a microphone down through the layers and rapidly survey the whole thing at once. Much easier if the target is making a racket.

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Re:Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to in... by atoav on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:55AM (#36420186)

Good point, that could be used to the searchers advantage.

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