Propagation of sound through a spicy ocean, the SOFAR overture

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1447-1462

  Dzieciuch, Matthew ^a   Munk, Walter ^a   Rudnick, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MONITORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFRACTION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

CHANNEL DISPERSION; OCEAN STIRRING; SCATTERING ENERGY;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

FRESH WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COLD; ENERGY; MONITORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SOFAR OVERTURE; SOUND; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VELOCITY;

EID: 4444334211     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1772397     Document Type: Article

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