Sound Propagation in the Sea

Originally written for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Robert Urick assembled details on all aspects of sound propagation in the sea: basic theory, speed of sound, attenuation and absorption, the surface duct, deep sound channel, caustics and the and the convergence zone, propagation models, shallow water ducts, reflections and scattering, fluctuation, spatial coherence and multipath. The book has 350 references. Sound Propagation in the Sea is a grand book for systems engineers, sonar designers and oceanographers dealing with sound propagation in antisubmarine warfare, mine warfare, geophysical survey and oil explorations. Although this text is long in the tooth, it is the only text that is exclusively devoted to underwater sound propagation, and it is a grand starting point for detailed study in this subject.