Marine Mammals and Low-Frequency Sound: Progress Since 1994

by National Research Council, Ocean Studies Board, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences

Sound has become a major tool for studying the ocean. Although the ocean is relatively opaque to light, it is relatively transparent to sound. Sound having frequencies below 1,000 Hertz (Hz) is often defined as low-frequency sound. The speed of sound is proportional to the temperature of the water through which it passes. Therefore, sound speed can be used to infer the average temperature of the water volume through which sound waves have passed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030906886X
• ISBN13: 9780309068864
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"