October 1988 VOLUME 13 NUMBER 4 IJOEDY(ISSN 0364-9059)


 SPECIAL ISSUE ON Low-Frequency Acoustics in the Ocean

NONTECHNICAL CONTENT
Front cover and table of contents
Back cover

GUEST EDITORIAL
Michael A. Deaett Guest Editorial: Toward a Low-Frequency Future 173

INVITED PAPERS
Frederick H. Fisher FLIP II 174
Finn B. Jensen Wave Theory Modeling: A Convenient Approach to CW and Pulse Propagation Modeling in Low-Frequency Acoustics 186
Gerard J. Tango Numerical Models for VLF Seismic-Acoustic Propagation Prediction: A Review 198
N. R. Chapman, K. Stinson, S. Levy, J. Cabrera, and D. W. Oldenburg Estimation of the Elastic Properties of Seafloor Sediments by Inversion of Precritical Reflection Data 215
Michael D. Collins Low-Frequency, Bottom-Interacting Pulse Propagation in Range-Dependent Oceans 222
Edward Y. T. Kuo Sea Surface Scattering and Propagation Loss: Review, Update, and New Predictions 229
Michael D. Collins, Hassan B. Ali, Mona J. Authement, Anton Nagl, Herbert Überall, John F. Miller, and Juan I. Arvelo Low-Frequency Sound Interaction with a Sloping, Refracting Ocean Bottom 235
Richard G. Adair, John A. Orcutt, and William E. Farrell Infrasonic Seismic and Acoustic Measurements in the Deep Ocean 245
Thomas J. Sereno, William E. Farrell, John A. Orcutt, and Richard G. Adair VLF Propagation Loss to a Buried Seismometer 254
Spahr C. Webb Long-Period Acoustic and Seismic Measurements and Ocean Floor Currents 263
Barbara J. Sotirin and John A. Hildebrand Large Aperture Digital Acoustic Array 271
Richard L. Culver and William S. Hodgkiss Jr. Comparison of Kalman and Least Squares Filters for Locating Autonomous Very Low Frequency Acoustic Sensors 282
David R. Fox A Low-Density Extended Acoustic Sensor for Low-Frequency Arrays 291

INVITED COMMUNICATIONS
Leon R. Warren Hull-Mounted Sonar/Ship Design Evolution and Transition to Low-Frequency Applications 296

COMMUNICATIONS
Jerome P.-Y. Maa Laboratory Measurements of Instantaneous Sediment Concentration Under Waves 299