Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue “Hydroacoustic study of the Ocean”. While the light can propagate only a few meters before being significantly absorbed, sound waves can travel large distances without such a loss and reflect from the biological organisms (fish, zooplankton and marine mammals) and physical objects (bottom, sediment, submersed structures, etc.) with echoes characteristic of such objects. The physical properties of the sound in the water make it an important and effective method for aquatic monitoring and ocean study. Recent decades of research and development produced significant progress in the development of scientific acoustic echo sounders, sonars and current profilers, both shipborne and moored. While for acoustic studies one can use external sources of different sound frequencies, the ocean also has its own soundscape. Modern sensitive hydrophones allow monitoring of geological, biological and human activity in the ocean. Hydroacoustic methods also have been proven successful for marine studies and monitoring in ice-covered seas. This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of the recent progress in using acoustic methods in ocean monitoring and the study of geophysical, anthropogenic and biological processes. We also encourage submissions on applications of new methods and techniques that contribute to the further development of the hydroacoustic study of the Ocean.

Dr. Vladislav Y. Petrusevich
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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• hydroacoustics
• fisheries acoustics
• sonar
• echosounder
• acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP)
• hydrophone, passive hydroacoustics
• bottom mapping
• multibeam echosounder (MBES)
• side-scan sonar (SSS)
• spectral identification of hydroacoustic signals
• applied hydroacoustic monitoring
• hydroacoustic monitoring in the ice covered seas
• acoustic noise pollution in the ocean