Abstract:
The results of an unclassified Workshop on Shallow Water Acoustics, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research Code
11250A, are presented. The workshop was held on April 24-26, 1991 at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and included
about forty-five scientists specializing in ocean acoustics, geology, geophysics, and physical oceanography. The goal of the
workshop was to determine future directions for basic research in shallow water acoustics. This report summarizes the
recommendations of the workshop and includes a synopsis of the deliberations of four working groups which focus on the
following specific research issues: (1) the seabed, (2) the water column and surface/Arctic, (3) analytic and numerical
modeling/ambient noise, and (4) laboratory and field experiments/signal processing.
