Geometric sound propagation through an inhomogeneous and moving ocean: Scattering by small scale internal wave currents (L)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 705-708

  Colosi, John A ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

CURRENT SHEARS; GARRETT-MUNK INTERNAL WAVE MODEL; RAY EQUATIONS; SOUND SPEED FLUCTUATIONS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SHEAR FLOW; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPIKE WAVE; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 31744441144     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2159587     Document Type: Article

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