CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



PART I 

 TRANSMISSION 



1 Introduction by P. G. Bergmann and L. Spitzer, Jr. . . 3 



2 Wave Acoustics by P. G. Frank and A. Yaspan .... 8 



3 Ray Acoustics by P. G. Frank, P. G. Bergmann, and A. 

 Yaspan 41 



4 Experimental Procedures by P. G. Bergmann 69 



5 Deep- Water Transmission by L. Spitzer, Jr 86 



6 Shallow- Water Transmission by P. G. Bergmann . . . 137 



7 Intensity Fluctuations by P. G. Bergmann 158 



8 Explosions as Sources of Sound by C. Herring . . . . 173 



9 Transmission of Explosive Sound in the Sea by C. Herring 192 

 10 Summary by L. Spitzer, Jr. and P. G. Bergmann . . . 236 



PART II 

 REVERBERATION 



11 Introduction 247 



12 Theory of Reverberation Intensity 250 



13 Experimental Procedures 272 



14 Deep-Water Reverberation 281 



15 Shallow- Water Reverberation 308 



16 Variability and Frequency Characteristics 324 



17 Summary 334 



