An introduction to the acoustical oceanography technical committee

Abstract

Underwater acoustics signals, both anthropogenic and natural, are rich sources of information about the ocean interior, the sea surface, and the seafloor. The acoustical oceanography technical committee (AOTC) seeks to foster a broad range of work in pure and applied acoustics aimed at gaining new and fundamental understanding of physical, biological, geophysical, and chemical processes in the ocean and at its boundaries. With this focus, the AOTC is necessarily strongly interdisciplinary, having close ties to other technical committees such as animal bioacoustics, physical acoustics, signal processing, and underwater acoustics. This talk will describe some of the approaches of our members and highlight recent advances in Acoustical Oceanography.