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Bruce M. Howe is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, principally focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering. Within these areas, they have contributed notably to the subfields of Oceanography, Ocean Engineering, Geophysics, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including Underwater Acoustics Research, Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Marine Animal Studies Overview, earthquake and tectonic studies, Offshore Engineering and Technologies, and Seismology and Earthquake Studies.

Bruce M. Howe's recent scholarly output includes several papers published in recognized journals. Notable publications are:

  • SMART Subsea Cables for Observing the Earth and Ocean, Mitigating Environmental Hazards, and Supporting the Blue Economy (2022) in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Temperature-driven seasonal and longer term changes in spatially averaged deep ocean ambient sound at frequencies 63-125 Hz (2021) in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • The Deep Ocean Observing Strategy: Addressing Global Challenges in the Deep Sea Through Collaboration (2022) in Marine Technology Society Journal
  • SMART Cables Observing the Oceans and Earth (2022) in Marine Technology Society Journal
  • An automated framework for long-range acoustic positioning of autonomous underwater vehicles (2022) in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of researchers across related domains. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Peter F. Worcester (5 joint publications)
  • Andi Eka Sakya (4 joint publications)
  • Amir Salaree (4 joint publications)
  • Cristian E. Graupe (4 joint publications)
  • Matthew A. Dzieciuch (4 joint publications)

Bruce M. Howe's work is regularly published in venues that emphasize acoustics, marine technology, and earth sciences. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (8 papers)
  • Marine Technology Society Journal (4 papers)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science (1 paper)
  • Pure and Applied Geophysics (1 paper)
  • JASA Express Letters (1 paper)

Best Publications

  • Ocean ambient sound: Comparing the 1960s with the 1990s for a receiver off the California coast

    Rex K. Andrew;Bruce M. Howe;James A. Mercer;Matthew A. Dzieciuch

  • Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM)

    Robert W. Schunk;Ludger Scherliess;Jan Josef Sojka;Donald C. Thompson

  • Global Observing Needs in the Deep Ocean

    Lisa A. Levin;Brian J. Bett;Andrew R. Gates;Patrick Heimbach

  • Barotropic and Baroclinic Tides in the Central North Pacific Ocean Determined from Long-Range Reciprocal Acoustic Transmissions

    Brian D. Dushaw;Bruce M. Howe;Bruce D. Cornuelle;Peter F. Worcester

  • Prehistoric Investigations in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Robert J. Braidwood;Bruce Howe;Hans Helbaek

  • Application of stochastic inverse theory to ionospheric tomography

    E. J. Fremouw;James A. Secan;Bruce M. Howe

  • A test of basin-scale acoustic thermometry using a large-aperture vertical array at 3250-km range in the eastern North Pacific Ocean

    Peter F. Worcester;Bruce D. Cornuelle;Matthew A. Dzieciuch;Walter H. Munk

  • On equations for the speed of sound in seawater

    Brian D. Dushaw;Peter F. Worcester;Bruce D. Cornuelle;Bruce M. Howe

  • Long-time trends in ship traffic noise for four sites off the North American West Coast.

    Rex K. Andrew;Bruce M. Howe;James A. Mercer

  • Ocean acoustic tomography: Mesoscale velocity

    Bruce M. Howe;Peter F. Worcester;Robert C. Spindel

  • Tomography of the ionosphere: Four‐dimensional simulations

    Bruce M. Howe;Kay Runciman;James A. Secan

  • The Iranian Prehistoric Project

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  • Acoustic and satellite remote sensing of blue whale seasonality and habitat in the Northeast Pacific

    Jessica C. Burtenshaw;Erin M. Oleson;John A. Hildebrand;Mark A. McDonald

  • Low-frequency ambient sound in the North Pacific: Long time series observations

    Keith R. Curtis;Bruce M. Howe;James A. Mercer

  • Comparisons of measured and predicted acoustic fluctuations for a 3250-km propagation experiment in the eastern North Pacific Ocean

    John A. Colosi;Edward K. Scheer;Stanley M. Flatté;Bruce D. Cornuelle

  • SMART Cables for Observing the Global Ocean: Science and Implementation

    Bruce M. Howe;Brian K. Arbic;Jérome Aucan;Christopher R. Barnes

  • Passive and active acoustics using an autonomous wave glider

    Brian Bingham;Nicholas Kraus;Bruce Howe;Lee Freitag

  • Power system considerations for undersea observatories

    B.M. Howe;H. Kirkham;V. Vorperian

  • Observing the Oceans Acoustically

    Bruce M. Howe;Jennifer Miksis-Olds;Eric Rehm;Hanne Sagen

  • Multimegameter-range acoustic data obtained by bottom-mounted hydrophone arrays for measurement of ocean temperature

    B.D. Dushaw;B.M. Howe;J.A. Mercer;R.C. Spindel

  • Measured wave‐front fluctuations in 1000‐km pulse propagation in the Pacific Ocean

    T. F. Duda;S. M. Flatté;J. A. Colosi;B. D. Cornuelle

  • Reciprocal acoustic transmissions: Instrumentation for Mesoscale monitoring of ocean currents

    P. Worcester;R. Spindel;B. Howe

  • The North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory deep-water acoustic propagation experiments in the Philippine Sea.

    Peter F. Worcester;Matthew A. Dzieciuch;James A. Mercer;Rex K. Andrew

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter F. Worcester
Peter F. Worcester University of California, San Diego
Bruce D. Cornuelle
Bruce D. Cornuelle University of California, San Diego
Walter Munk
Walter Munk University of California, San Diego
Ralph A. Stephen
Ralph A. Stephen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dimitris Menemenlis
Dimitris Menemenlis California Institute of Technology
Glenn S. Carter
Glenn S. Carter University of Hawaii at Manoa
John A. Hildebrand
John A. Hildebrand University of California, San Diego
Roger Lukas
Roger Lukas University of Hawaii at Manoa
Frederik Tilmann
Frederik Tilmann Freie Universität Berlin
Kevin P. Schneider
Kevin P. Schneider Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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