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Applied Underwater Acoustics
Leif Bjørnø
Comprehensive reference that provides the scientific physical foundations for rapidly assimilating the essential underwater acoustic knowledge base for daily research and analysis
Thomas Neighbors (Edited by), David Bradley (Edited by)
9780128112403, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 13 February 2017
980 pages
23.5 x 19 x 5.9 cm, 1.47 kg
Applied Underwater Acoustics meets the needs of scientists and engineers working in underwater acoustics and graduate students solving problems in, and preparing theses on, topics in underwater acoustics. The book is structured to provide the basis for rapidly assimilating the essential underwater acoustic knowledge base for practical application to daily research and analysis. Each chapter of the book is self-supporting and focuses on a single topic and its relation to underwater acoustics. The chapters start with a brief description of the topic’s physical background, necessary definitions, and a short description of the applications, along with a roadmap to the chapter. The subtopics covered within individual subchapters include most frequently used equations that describe the topic. Equations are not derived, rather, assumptions behind equations and limitations on the applications of each equation are emphasized. Figures, tables, and illustrations related to the sub-topic are presented in an easy-to-use manner, and examples on the use of the equations, including appropriate figures and tables are also included.
1. General Characteristics of the Underwater Environment 2. Sound Propagation 3. Sound Propagation Modeling 4. Absorption of Sound in Seawater 5. Scattering of Sound 6. Ambient Noise 7. Shallow-Water Acoustics 8. The Seafloor 9. Inverse Methods in Underwater Acoustics 10. Sonar Systems 11. Signal Processing 12. Bio- and Fishery Acoustics 13. Finite-Amplitude Waves 14. Underwater Acoustic Measurements and Their Applications
Subject Areas: Oceanography [seas RBKC]
