Temporal and azimuthal dependence of sound propagation in shallow water with internal waves

Author

Badiey, M. ; Mu, Y. ; Lynch, J. ; Apel, J. ; Wolf, S.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Marine Studies, Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA

Volume

27

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

129

Abstract

The short time scale (minutes) and azimuthal dependence of sound wave propagation in shallow water regions due to internal waves is examined. Results from the shallow water acoustics in random media (SWARM-95) experiment are presented that reflect these dependencies. Time-dependent internal waves are modeled using the dnoidal solution to the nonlinear internal wave equations, so that the effects of both temporal and spatial variability can be assessed. A full wave parabolic equation model is used to simulate broadband acoustic propagation. It is shown that the short term temporal variability and the azimuthal dependence of the sound field are strongly correlated to the internal wave field

Keywords

ocean waves; parabolic equations; solitons; underwater acoustic propagation; SWARM-95; airgun source signatures; azimuthal dependence; broadband acoustic propagation; continental shelves; dnoidal solution; full wave parabolic equation; internal waves; nonlinear internal wave equations; random media; shallow water acoustics; shallow water regions; short time scale; solitary waves; sound wave propagation; temporal dependence; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic scattering; Acoustic waves; Fluctuations; Partial differential equations; Random media; Solitons; Underwater acoustics; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0364-9059

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/48.989898

Filename

989898