Fundamentals of Ocean Acoustics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. The Ocean as an Acoustic Medium

   Pages 1-34

3. Ray Theory of the Sound Field in the Ocean

   Pages 35-60

4. Reflection of Sound from the Surface and Bottom of the Ocean: Plane Waves

   Pages 61-79

5. Reflection of Sound from the Surface and Bottom of the Ocean: Point Source

   Pages 80-100

6. Propagation of Sound in Shallow Water

   Pages 101-117

7. Underwater Sound Channel

   Pages 118-148

8. Range-Dependent Waveguide

   Pages 149-168

9. Antiwaveguide Sound Propagation

   Pages 169-182

10. Scattering of Sound at Rough Surfaces

    Pages 183-226

11. Sound Propagation in the Random Ocean

    Pages 227-249

12. Scattering and Absorption of Sound by Gas Bubbles in Water

    Pages 250-264

13. Back Matter

    Pages 265-278

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This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the theory of sound propagation in the ocean. The text treats both ray and wave propagation and pays considerable attention to stochastic problems such as the scattering of sound at rough surfaces and random inhomogeneities. An introductory chapter that discusses the basic experimental data complements the following theoretical chapters.
New material has been added throughout for this third edition. New topics covered include:
- inter-thermocline lenses and their effect on sound fields
- weakly divergent bundles of rays
- ocean acoustic tomography
- coupled modes
- sound scattering by anisotropic volume inhomogeneities with fractal spectra
- Voronovich's approach to sound scattering from the rough sea surface.
In addition, the list of references has been brought up to date and the latest experimental data have been included.

• Ocean
• acoustics
• material
• wave
• waves

From the reviews of the third edition: “This is a small book with a wide scope and great intensity. … this book shows how phenomena such as convergence zones can be analysed mathematically. … In summary, this book is for those wishing to use mathematics to gain insight into the underlying physics behind underwater acoustics.” (Adrian Brown, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 14 (1), 2009)

• P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

  L. M. Brekhovskikh

• Andreev Acoustics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

  Yu. P. Lysanov

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