Sound Transmission through a Fluctuating Ocean by Kenneth Watson

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This 1979 book attempts to connect the known structure of the ocean volume with experimental results in long-range sound transmission through the theory of wave propagation and the path-integral approach. The book is written at the post-graduate level, but has been carefully organised to give experimenters a grasp of important results without undue mathematics.

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Sound Transmission through a Fluctuating Ocean by Kenneth Watson

The ocean is transparent to sound where slight irregularities within the ocean cause sound fluctuations, and thus set limits on the many uses of sound in the ocean, similar to the limits imposed by the atmosphere on ground-based telescopes. This 1979 book attempts to connect the known structure of the ocean volume with experimental results in long-range sound transmission. Theories of wave propagation through irregular media, developed for optical and radio wave transmission are found to be inapplicable in many respects due to the complications of ocean structure, particularly the combination of anisotropy and 'sound channel'. The authors extend wave propagation theory to account for the ocean complications and introduces the path-integral approach to the solution of the strong-scattering regime that solves many long-standing problems. The book is written at the post-graduate level, but has been carefully organised to give experimenters a grasp of important results without undue mathematics.
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ISBN 13 9780521142458
ISBN 10 0521142458
Title Sound Transmission through a Fluctuating Ocean
Author Kenneth Watson
Series Cambridge Monographs On Mechanics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2010-06-10
Number of pages 320
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