Sound Propagation in the Sea was orignally pubhshed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Depaitmen’ oi Defense. and was based on lecture notes for a short course on the subject given over a period ot several years. They have been revised, expanded, updated and are adorned with references to enable the interesicd reader to follow up on a particular topic. A chaper on the subject of …
The purpose of the third edition, like that of the second, is to present new ideas, facts and concepts that have emerged in recent years. At the same time some older and userful material has been added as deemed appropriate by the use of the book in course teaching. The question of metric units has been given much consideration. Although scientists and engineers today use metric units universal…