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Ocean Acoustics Program at SEOS
University of Victoria
Ocean Acoustics is an interdisciplinary field of research, with strong links
to many areas of ocean science, geoscience and
marine engineering. The ocean is essentially transparent to acoustic waves b
ut opaque to electromagnetic waves; consequently,
sound in the ocean assumes the major role that light and radio waves play in
the atmosphere. Acoustic methods have found
wide application in studying the oceanographic properties of the water colum
n, the sea floor and geoacoustic properties of the
bottom, marine communication and navigation, to name only a few. The Ocean A
coustics program at UVic was established as
an NSERC/DND Research Chair in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. Resea
rch activities are currently focused on the
investigation of seismo-acoustic propagation in shallow water, and in the de
velopment and application of full-field inversion
methods to estimate geoacoustic properties of the ocean waveguide environmen
t. The Ocean Acoustics group maintains an
effective collaboration with the Environmental Acoustics group at the Defenc
e Research Establishment Atlantic in experimental
programs that are carried out in the Canadian Arctic and on the continental
shelf off the east coast. The Group also collaborates
extensively with the Pacific Geoscience Centre in sea trials offshore Vancou
ver Island, particularly in the investigation of
methane gas hydrates. To find out more about specific research programs, peo
ple and student opportunities, check out the
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