Acoustic Signal Processing for Ocean Explortion has two major goals:
(i) to present signal processing algorithms that take into account the
models of acoustic propagation in the ocean and; (ii) to give a
perspective of the broad set of techniques, problems, and applications
arising in ocean exploration.
The book discusses related issues and problems focused in model based
acoustic signal processing methods. Besides addressing the problem of
the propagation of acoustics in the ocean, it presents relevant acoustic
signal processing methods like matched field processing, array
processing, and localization and detection techniques. These more
traditional contexts are herein enlarged to include imaging and mapping,
and new signal representation models like time/frequency and wavelet
transforms. Several applied aspects of these topics, such as the
application of acoustics to fisheries, sea floor swath mapping by swath
bathymetry and side scan sonar, autonomous underwater vehicles and
communications in underwater are also considered.