Three models of global ocean noise

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 540-554

  Dashen, Roger ^a   Munk, Walter ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOISE, ACOUSTIC;

ACOUSTICS, UNDERWATER;

EID: 0021475582     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.391596     Document Type: Article

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