Spatial and temporal variations in acoustic propagation characteristics at the New England shelfbreak front

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-150

  Lynch, J F ^a   Newhall, A E ^a   Sperry, B ^a,b   Gawarkiewicz, G ^a   Fredricks, A ^a   Tyack, P ^a   Chiu, C S ^c   Abbot, P ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d OASISI   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal solitary waves; Shallow water acoustics; Shelfbreak front; Shelfbreak PRIMER experiment

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLITONS; WATER WAVES;

INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; SHALLOW WATER ACOUSTICS; SHELFBREAK FRONT;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037256172     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2003.808833     Document Type: Article

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