People and Sound Summary
- Navigation
- Fishing
- Communication
- Research Ocean Physics
- How is sound used to measure temperature in the ocean?
- How is sound used to measure global climate change?
- How is sound used to measure currents in the ocean?
- How is sound used to measure waves in the surf zone?
- How is sound used to measure the upper ocean?
- How is sound used to help make long-term measurements of the ocean?
- Examine the Earth
- How is sound used to study the Earth’s history?
- How is sound used to explore for oil and gas?
- How is sound used to measure, detect, and track oil?
- How is sound used to study undersea earthquakes?
- How is sound used to study underwater volcanoes?
- How is sound used to map the seafloor?
- How is sound used to research wind energy?
- Investigate Marine Animals
- How is sound used to study marine mammal distribution?
- How is sound used to estimate marine mammal abundance?
- How is acoustics used to monitor Arctic marine mammals?
- How is sound used to protect marine mammals?
- How is sound used to study the distribution of marine fishes?
- How is sound used to measure plankton?
- How is active acoustics used in fisheries research and management?
- How is sound used to study coral reefs?
- How is sound used to identify ecological hotspots?
- How is sound used to monitor and study seagrass beds?
- Study Weather
- National Defense
- History of Underwater Acoustics
- The Discovery of Underwater Acoustics: Pre-1800s
- The First Studies of Underwater Acoustics: The 1800s
- The First Practical Uses of Underwater Acoustics: The Early 1900s
- World War I: 1914-1918
- Between World War I and World War II: The 1920s and 1930s
- World War II: 1941-1945
- The Cold War: History of the SOund SUrveillance System (SOSUS)
- People and Sound Summary