RETRACTED: The Effects of Internal Waves on Propagation Behavior of Sound in the Sea

Mojtaba Zoljoodi

Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: 10.4236/ojms.2017.71002                

Abstract

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Keywords

Internal Waves, Sound Speed, Buoyancy Frequency, Displacement Variance, Relative Perturbations

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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