Wille Sound Images of the Ocean

in Research and Monitoring
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-27910-5
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 471 Seiten, eBook

Sound Images of the Ocean is the first book of its kind which offers a comprehensive overview of acoustic imaging applications in the various fields of marine research, utilization, surveillance, and protection. The book employs 400 sound images of the sea floor and of processes in the sea volume, contributed by more than 120 marine experts from 22 nations. Written to be accessible to professionals in diverse related fields, the concise accompanying explanations of the complex relationships revealed by the images strive to condense the results to an essential "message." The book develops an interdisciplinary understanding of underwater acoustics and its diagnostic capabilities in order to visualize in detail the two thirds of the surface of the globe otherwise hidden from view. The high resolution but ship dependent acoustic imagery is compared with its satellite dependent counterpart, the large scale sea floor imagery by scanning the gravity deformed sea surface.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wille, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Basic Facts of Imaging the Ocean.- Preliminary Remarks.- Alternatives to Imaging the Sea by Sound and First Acoustic Trials.- Acoustic Features of the Sea.- Technical and Physical Characteristics of High Resolution Echosounders.- Applications of Acoustic Imaging the Ocean.- The Sea Floor — Natural Formations.- The Ocean Volume.- Man-made Matter.