Attenuation of Low-Frequency Sound in the Ocean: NUSC Research Program 1967-1972.

• Main Authors: Browning,David G., Thorp,William H.
• Other Authors: NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTEMS CENTER NEW LONDON CONN NEW LONDON LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Acoustic Detection and Detectors; Acoustics; *Underwater sound; *Sea water; Attenuation; Low frequency; Sound transmission; Red Sea; Indian Ocean; Hudson Bay; Lake Superior; Lake Tanganyika; Most Project-2; Bay Lake; Hudson; Indian
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0774884; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0774884

During the past five years, the Naval Underwater Systems Center has conducted a series of experiments to study the attenuation of low-frequency sound in sea water. The report reviews each of these investigations and the techniques employed and traces their respective contributions to the current und...