Sounds and the Sea: Ocean Acoustics in a Complex Environment
Friday, February 26, 2010 10:00 a.m. in RLM 11.204 Dr. Marcia J. Isakson Applied Research Laboratories The University of Texas at Austin http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/ Understanding acoustic propagation in littoral waters is critical to ocean mammal tracking, underwater communications, and bottom mapping. However, the coastal water environment is extremely complex. Variations in water temperature, pressure, and salinity…