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Natural Physical Sources of Underwater Sound

Sea Surface Sound (2)

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  • © 1993

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  1. B. R. Kerman

    1. Atmospheric Environment Service, Burlington, Canada

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To place this book in perspective it is useful for the reader to be aware of the recent history of the topic of underwater sound generation at the ocean surface by natural mechanisms. A meeting in Lerici, Italy in 1987 was convened within the NATO Advanced Research Workshop series, to bring together underwater acousticians and ocean hydrodynamicists to examine various mechanisms which generate sound naturally at the ocean surface. A record of that meeting was published in the NATO scientific publication series in 1988 under the title 'Sea Surface Sound'. That meeting was successful in inspiring and co­ ordinating both participants and non-attending colleagues to examine some key issues which were raised during the course of presentations and discussions. The understanding among those present was that another meeting should be convened 3 years hence to report and review progress in the subject. Accordingly the second conference was convened in Cambridge in 1990, whose proceedings are presented here. This volume represents a very gratifying increase in only a 3 year interval in our understanding of a number of physical processes which generate sound at the peripheries of oceans. In fact it represents both the acceleration of singular effort as well as the development of interdisciplinary sophistication and co-operation. The enthusiasm, goodwill, and intense scientific curiosity which characterized the Lerici meeting carried through to Cambridge. The collegial atmosphere established by the participants was perfectly timed to foster another major advance in studies of ocean surface sound.

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Table of contents (54 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Ambient Noise

    1. Ocean Acoustic Propagation and Ambient Noise in a Surface Duct

      • M. J. Buckingham
      Pages 1-15

    2. Low Frequency Ambient Noise – Generalised Spectra

      • G. J. M. Copeland
      Pages 17-30

    3. Dependence of Sea Surface Noise in Narrow Beams on Windspeed and Vertical Angle

      • P. A. Crowther, H. J. S. Griffiths, A. Hansla
      Pages 31-44

    4. The Measurement of Underwater Noise Characteristics in Shallow Water

      • I. N. Didenkulov, A. S. Korotkov
      Pages 45-49

    5. The Investigation of Underwater Noise Sources by Emission Acoustic Tomography

      • I. N. Didenkulov, A. G. Nechaev
      Pages 51-62

    6. Is Sea Surface Ambient Noise Correlated to Wind Turbulence?

      • Hélène Dupuis, Alain Weill
      Pages 63-72

    7. Ambient Sound as a Probe of Ocean Surface Processes

      • David M. Farmer
      Pages 73-84

    8. A Review of Environmental Measurements Taken during Ambient Noise Experiments

      • R. R. Goodman, P. Krishnan
      Pages 85-92

    9. The Properties of the Vertical and Horizontal Power Flows of the Underwater Ambient Noise

      • V. I. Ilyichev, V. A. Shchurov
      Pages 93-109

    10. The Perceived Source Directivity of Surface-Generated Ambient Noise

      • Anthony J. Purcell
      Pages 111-120

    11. Low frequency noise measurements in an ambient environment dominated by natural sources of sound

      • R. Marrett, N. R. Chapman
      Pages 121-136

    12. The Effect of Monomolecular Films on Low Sea State Ambient Noise

      • Jim Rohr, Garr Updegraff
      Pages 137-150

  3. VLF / Seismo-Acoustics

    1. Depth Dependence and Some Anomalous Effects of Noise from Surface Wave Interaction

      • Douglas H. Cato
      Pages 151-164

    2. Deep-Water Sea-Floor Array Observations of Seismo-Acoustic Noise in the Eastern Pacific and Comparisons with Wind and Swell

      • LeRoy M. Dorman, Anthony E. Schreiner, L. Dale Bibee, John A. Hildebrand
      Pages 165-174

    3. Observations of the Near-Field Double Frequency Pressure Spectrum in the Upper Ocean Using the Cartesian Diver Profiling Instrument

      • David C. Jacobs, Charles S. Cox, Xin Zhang
      Pages 175-188

    4. An Analysis of the ULF Acoustic Noise Field in the Ocean

      • A. C. Kibblewhite, C. Y. Wu
      Pages 189-202

    5. Observations and Causes of Ocean and Seafloor Noise at Ultra-Low and Very-Low Frequencies

      • John A. Orcutt, Charles S. Cox, Alick C. Kibblewhite, W. A. Kuperman, Henrik Schmidt
      Pages 203-232

    6. Very Low Frequency Sound Studied Using Multi-Element Seafloor Arrays

      • Spahr C. Webb
      Pages 233-245

  4. Air-Water Turbulence

    1. Generation of a Low Frequency Acoustical Noise in the Layered Ocean by the Surface Sources

      • O. E. Gulin, V. I. Klyatskin
      Pages 247-253
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Atmospheric Environment Service, Burlington, Canada

    B. R. Kerman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Natural Physical Sources of Underwater Sound

  • Book Subtitle: Sea Surface Sound (2)

  • Editors: B. R. Kerman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1626-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2071-5Published: 31 January 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4709-8Published: 14 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1626-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 750

  • Topics: Acoustics, Atmospheric Sciences, Classical Mechanics, Oceanography

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