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Acoustic propagational characteristics and tomography studies of the Northern Indian Ocean

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  1. Marine Acoustics & Acoustic Oceanography Section, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa-403 004, Dona Paula, India

    S. Prasanna Kumar, Y. K. Somayajulu & T. V. Ramana Murty

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Kumar, S.P., Somayajulu, Y.K., Ramana Murty, T.V. (1997). Acoustic propagational characteristics and tomography studies of the Northern Indian Ocean. In: Singal, S.P. (eds) Acoustic Remote Sensing Applications. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0009580

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