Ocean Ambient Noise Measurement and Theory /

• Main Authors: Carey, William M. (Author), Evans, Richard B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Underwater Acoustics
• Subjects: Physics.; Oceanography.; Acoustics.; Acoustical engineering.; Engineering Acoustics.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

This book develops the theory of ocean ambient noise mechanisms and measurements, and also describes general noise characteristics and computational methods.  It concisely summarizes the vast ambient noise literature using theory combined with key representative results.  The air-sea boundary intera...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: The Air-Sea Boundary Interaction Zone
• 3: Fundamental Mechanisms
• 4: The Measurement of Oceanic Ambient Noise
• 5: Numerical Modeling of Ambient Noise
• 6: Research Issues
• Appendices
• Nomenclature
• Bibliography
• Index.