Refraction of sound in a horizontally inhomogeneous, time-dependent ocean

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 384-401

  Godin, Oleg A ^a   Zavorotny, Valery U ^b   Voronovich, Alexander G ^b   Goncharov, Valeriy V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Horizontal refraction; Perturbation theory; Random media

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HORIZONTAL REFRACTION; PERTURBATION THEORY; RANDOM MEDIA;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 33750132268     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.838690     Document Type: Article

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