Numerical study of geoacoustic inversion in range-dependent ocean environments

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-369

  Knobles, David P ^a   Koch, R A ^a   Stotts, S A ^a   Neilsen, Tracianne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geoacoustic inversion; Parabolic equation; Shallow water propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

GEOACOUSTIC INVERSION; PARABOLIC EQUATION; SHALLOW WATER PROPAGATION;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0242629006     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2003.816688     Document Type: Article

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