Fundamentals of Shallow Water Acoustics

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Katsnelson, Boris (Συγγραφέας), Petnikov, Valery (Συγγραφέας), Lynch, James (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Σειρά: The Underwater Acoustics Series
• Θέματα: Physics.; Oceanography.; Acoustics.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

Shallow water acoustics (SWA), the study of how low and medium frequency sound propagates and scatters on the continental shelves of the world's oceans, has both technical interest and a large number of practical applications. Technically, shallow water poses an interesting medium for the study...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• 1. What is Shallow Water Acoustics?
• 2. Coastal Oceanography, Geology, and Biology
• 3. Foundations of the Theory of the Propagation of Sound
• 4. Examples Illustrating the Characteristics of Waveguide Propagation
• 5. Sound Field in Shallow Water with Random Inhomogeneities
• 6. Low Frequency Bottom Reverberation in Shallow Water
• 7. The Inverse Problem
• 8. Signal Processing
• 9. Noise Field in Shallow Water
• 10. Equipment for Shallow Water Acoustics and Experimental Considerations
• 11. The Future
• Appendix A. Waves and Signals
• Appendix B. Modal Decomposition of the Sound Field From the Point Source Green Function
• Appendix C. Mode Coupling Equations
• Appendix D. Empirical Orthogonal Functions
• Appendix E. Scattering At Localized Inhomogeneities in the Waveguide-Approximate Description
• Appendix F. Reflection of A Plane Wave From A Half Space
• Main Provisional Notation
• Bibliography and References
• List of Acronyms
• Index.