Finite amplitude sound propagation effects in volume backscattering measurements for fish abundance estimation

The upload contains measurement and simulation data for finite-amplitude sound propagation effects in volume backscattering measurements. The experimental data are from a trawl survey conducted in the North Sea with R/V "G. O. Sars", 6-7 November 2004, passing several times over a group of Atlantic mackerel schools. The measurements are of the relative area backscattering coefficient, relative to 38 kHz, 2000 W power setting, at

(1) 120 kHz with 250 W transmit power setting, 200 kHz with 120 W transmit power setting
(2) 120 kHz with 1000 W power setting, 200 kHz with 1000 W power setting.

A Simrad EK60 echosounder system was used, alternating between the low (1) and high (2) power settings through the measurement series.

The corresponding simulation data are calculated using the Bergen Code numerical solver of the KZK Equation. The medium parameters input to the simulations are based on CTD data from the field survey . The transducer and amplitude data were found by laboratory measurements on echo sounders of the same type as used in the survey.

.m files are included for both .mat data files, with details on how to read the data.

An article describing the data has been submitted by the authors to Acta Acustica, 2022.