Sound-speed measurements in the surface-wave layer

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 2607-2625

  Terrill, Eric ^a   Melville, W Kendall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BATHYMETRY; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CALCULATIONS; SURFACE WAVES;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE REVERBERATION EXPERIMENT; SOUND SPEED MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BUBBLES; SOUND VELOCITY; WAVE BREAKING; WIND SPEED;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 0031281429     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.420315     Document Type: Article

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