AMP 535 - Introduction to Underwater Acoustics, Prof. Michael Brown

Outline:

1. An acoustical view of the sea

2. Sound waves and propagation

3. Sound transmission in the ocean

4. Diffraction effects and losses

5. Signals, filters, random functions and noise

6. Operating characteristics of sonar systems

7. Directional sources and arrays

8. Scattering and absorption by bodies

9. Scattering of sound by bubbles

10. Echoes from fish and other life in the sea

11. Marine sediments

12. Seismic and acoustical measurements of the sea floor

13. Long-range sound transmission in the ocean waveguide

14. Scatter and reflection of sound at the ocean surface

15. Scatter and reflection of sound at the rough bottom

16. Final Examination