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Welcome to the Ocean Acoustics Lab at WHOI
Scientists and engineers in the Ocean Acoustics Lab (OAL) at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are conducting research
that will lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms of sound propagation in the oceans, and, conversely, how acoustic transmissions themselves can be employed to measure the physical properties of the ocean and its boundaries. Low
frequency sound energy is used to probe beneath the sea floor and to measure
temperatures and currents in the water column. High frequency energy is used to
measure temperature microstructure, small scale currents and wind-blown surface
roughness. Many of the tools and techniques for ocean acoustics
tomography originated in OAL where they are still the focus of active research.
Underwater acousticians in OAL are involved in a wide spectrum of research areas
including sonar array performance, acoustic imaging, sound scattering from the
Arctic ice and from biologics. OAL scientists and engineers work
all over the globe. Recent experiments have been conducted in the
frigid Norwegian Sea and the tropical Tasman Sea, in the Gulf of
Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans.
To see some of the diverse research we do in our lab, click on research/projects on the menu to the left or on one of the highlighted projects on the right.
Distinguished acousticians lecture series is an archive of visits from some of our esteemed colleagues.
Arnold Arons
Robert Frosch
Peter Westervelt
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