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Our purpose in this Topics volume is to discuss the correlation between oceanic variability and acoustics. There are two aspects of ocean acoustics. The first is the study of effects that oceanic variability have on acoustic propagation. For example, a dynamic process in the ocean, such as internal gravity waves, can alter the speed at which an acoustic wave propagates. The variation in local sound speed induces modifications of the acoustic field, and the relationship can be expressed mathematically. The second and more recent aspect is concerned with the use of acoustics as a tool to prove the oceanic structure. For example, acoustics can be used to monitor ocean currents in the sense that characteristic modifications of the acoustic field infer local changes in the ocean current.
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DeSanto, J.A. (1979). Introduction. In: DeSanto, J.A. (eds) Ocean Acoustics. Topics in Current Physics, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81294-1_1
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