Sound Images of the Ocean: in Research and MonitoringSound 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. |
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... sea floor by three- dimensional sampling of its surface along broad stripes instead of lines became possible only with the concurrence of three fundamental technologies : precise and worldwide satellite navigation , high speed computers ...
... ocean research, utilization, and protection. The understanding of the interaction between the hot interior of the Earth and its surface, the lithospheric plates causing volcanism and earthquakes, the rise of new sea floor at the mid ocean ...
... sea floor reliefs where choosing the preferred direc- tion of view is essential. This is particularly necessary with the Globe containing the complete land and sea relief of our planet with a resolution of 5 arc minutes. The Fledermaus ...
... sea floor world which is disclosed in detail by only a few percent as yet. But the sound images also reveal the necessity for protection because the future of mankind will depend to a great extent on the resources to be taken from the ocean ...
... sea floor relief with the epicenter area in the Indian Ocean . This image , on short notice personally prepared and provided by the Director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping , L. Mayer , USA , is based on the Sandwell and ...
Contents
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5 | |
7 | 39 |
The Sidescan Echosounder | 48 |
4 | 52 |
Part II | 61 |
Geodynamics of Tectonic Plates | 85 |
3 | 143 |
The Ocean Volume | 265 |
Manmade Matter 325 | 324 |
Imaging of Port Architecture | 378 |
Appendix | 443 |
5 The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler ADCP A 4 5 3 Speed Components and Doppler Shift | 450 |