Acoustical Oceanography
Provides brief overview of what important current research topics are in oceanography (physical, geological, and biological) and how acoustics can be used as a tool to address them. Three typical examples are climate, bottom geology, and marine mammal behavior. Addresses the acoustic inverse problem, reviewing inverse methods (linear and nonlinear) and the combination of acoustical methods with other measurements as an integrated system. Concentrates on specific case studies, taken from current research journals.
Spring 2012
This course will begin with brief overview of what important current research topics are in oceanography (physical, geological, and biological) and how acoustics can be used as a tool to address them. Three typical examples are climate, bottom geology, and marine mammal behavior. Will then address the acoustic inverse problem, reviewing inverse methods (linear and nonlinear) and the combination of acoustical methods with other measurements as an integrated system. Last part of course will concentrate on specific case studies, taken from current research journals. This course is taught on campus at MIT and with simultaneous video at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Readings
- [Frisk] Frisk, George V. Ocean and Seabed Acoustics: A Theory of Wave Propagation . Prentice Hall, 1994. ISBN: 9780136301127.
- [B&L] Brekhovskikh, L. M., and Yu. P. Lysanov. Fundamentals of Ocean Acoustics . Springer, 2010. ISBN: 9781441930156.
- [KP] Katznelson, Boris G. and Valery G. Petnikov. “Shallow Water Accoustics.” Springer-Verlag, 2002. ISBN: 9781852331849.
- [OG] Ogilvy, J.A. “Theory of Wave Scattering From Random Rough Surfaces.” Taylor & Francis, 1991. ISBN: 9780750300636.
- [ABT] Aster, Richard, Brian Borchers, and Clifford Thurber. Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems . Academic Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780120887927.
- Chapter 1: sections 1.3 and 1.4 in [Frisk].
- Chapter 2: sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 in [Frisk].
- Chapter 3: sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 (up to Eq. 3.38) in [Frisk].
- SES #: 3 · READINGS: Chapter 4: Sections 4.1–4.7 in [Frisk].
- Chapter 7: 7.3 and 7.4 in [Frisk].
- Halliday, David, Robert Resnick, and Kenneth S. Krane. “Fermats Principle.” In Physics . Wiley, 2001. ISBN: 9780471401940.
- SES #: 6 · READINGS: Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.21, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.51 and 5.52 (just past equation 5.175) in [Frisk].
- Chapter 4: Sections 4.8 and 4.7 in [Frisk].
- Chapter 6: Section 6.1 in [Frisk].
- Chapter 6, Appendix 1 in in [COA].
- Tolstoy, Ivan S., and C. S. Clay. Section 6.9 in Ocean Acoustics . McGraw-Hill Education, 1967. ISBN: 9780070649415.
- Chapters 18 and 22 Wikipedia article on RAFOS floats in [Sounds].
- Chapters 3, 4 and 7 in [ABT].
- Aki, Keeiti, and Paul G. Richards. Chapter 12 in Quantitative Seismology , vol 2. University Science Books, 2009, pp. 675–89. ISBN: 9781891389634.
- Chapter 11 in [ABT].
- Dosso, and Holland. “Bayesian inversion of seabed reflection data.” In Acoustic Sensing Techniques for the Shallow Water Environment: Inversion Methods and Experiments . Springer, 2006. ISBN: 9781402043727.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: 2.681 G (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units Can be repeated for credit.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2012
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.