Science of Sound Summary
- Sound
- Sound Movement
- How fast does sound travel?
- Why does sound get weaker as it travels?
- How does sound move?
- How does sound travel long distances? The SOFAR Channel
- Sound Scattering Layers
- How does sound propagate from air into water?
- How does sea ice affect how sound travels?
- How does sound propagate through sediment?
- Sound Measurement
- Sounds in the Sea
- What are common underwater sounds?
- What are soundscapes?
- How do people and animals use sound in the sea?
- How does sound in air differ from sound in water?
- Why do sounds have certain properties?
- How will ocean acidification affect ocean sound levels?
- How does marine life affect ocean sound levels?
- How does shipping affect ocean sound levels?
- Noise Field in the Arctic
- How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect underwater sound?
- Advanced Topics in Sound
- What is intensity?
- Introduction to Decibels
- Introduction to Signal Levels
- Signal Processing
- Nyquist Sampling
- Sound Pressure Levels and Sound Exposure Levels
- Frequency Weighting of Signal Levels
- What is source level?
- Introduction to Phase
- Ocean Noise Variability and Noise Budgets
- Cylindrical vs. Spherical Spreading
- Propagation from a sound source array in the near field and far field
- How does sound move? Wave Propagation and Huygens’ Principle
- How does sound travel in shallow water?
- Statistical Uncertainty
- How does sound travel in very shallow waters?
- SONAR Equation
- Detection Threshold for Sonar
- Propagation Modeling
- Science of Sound Summary