Sound Images of the Ocean in Research and Monitoring

Part I. The Basic Facts of Imaging the Ocean

1. Preliminary Remarks

2. Alternatives to Imaging the Sea by Sound and First Acoustic Trials

3. Acoustic Features of the Sea

4. Technical and Physical Characteristics of High Resolution Echosounders

Part II. Applications of Acoustic Imaging the Ocean

5. The Sea Floor — Natural Formations

6. The Ocean Volume

7. Man-made Matter

Avainsanat: Geosciences, Oceanography, Acoustics, Environmental Physics, Geophysics/Geodesy, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Applied Geosciences