TY - BOOK AU - AU - AU - AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Computational Ocean Acoustics T2 - Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing SN - 9781441986788 AV - QC221-246 U1 - 534 23 PY - 2011/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer New York KW - Physics KW - Oceanography KW - Computer simulation KW - Acoustics KW - Acoustics in engineering KW - Simulation and Modeling KW - Engineering Acoustics N1 - Series Preface -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Fundamentals of Ocean Acoustics -- Wave Propagation Theory -- Ray Methods -- Wavenumber Integration Techniques -- Normal Modes -- Parabolic Equations -- Finite Differences and Finite Elements -- Broadband Modeling -- Ambient Noise -- Signals in Noise -- Name Index -- Subject Index; ZDB-2-PHA N2 - Since the mid-1970s, the computer has played an increasingly pivotal role in the field of ocean acoustics. Faster and less expensive than actual ocean experiments, and capable of accommodating the full complexity of the acoustic problem, numerical models are now standard research tools in ocean laboratories. The progress made in computational ocean acoustics over the last thirty years is summed up in this authoritative and innovatively illustrated new text. Written by some of the field's pioneers, all Fellows of the Acoustical Society of America, Computational Ocean Acoustics presents the latest numerical techniques for solving the wave equation in heterogeneous fluidsolid media. The authors discuss various computational schemes in detail, emphasizing the importance of theoretical foundations that lead directly to numericalimplementations for real ocean environments. To further clarify the presentation, the fundamental propagation features of the techniques are illustrated in color. Computational Ocean Acousticsconveys the state-of-the-art of numerical modeling techniques for graduate and undergraduate students of acoustics, geology and geophysics, applied mathematics, and ocean engineering. It is also an essential addition to the libraries of ocean research institutions that use propagation models UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8678-8 ER -