Effect of inhomogeneous sub-bottom layering on broadband acoustic propagation

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 732-743

  Knobles, David P ^a   Goff, John A ^b   Koch, Robert A ^a   Wilson, Preston S ^a   Shooter, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband propagation; geophysics; ocean acoustics; seabed geoacoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; BROADBAND PROPAGATION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINUOUS WAVE; FINITE ELEMENT; GEOACOUSTICS; GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION; HORIZONTAL STRATIFICATION; IMPULSIVE SOUNDS; INHOMOGENEITIES; LOW FREQUENCY; NEW JERSEY; OCEAN ACOUSTICS; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; PROPAGATION MODELS; PROPAGATION PATHS; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SHALLOW-WATER; SOUND PROPAGATION; SOUND SPEED; SPEED MEASUREMENT; TIMES SERIES; WATER DEPTH;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOPHYSICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIME SERIES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 78649731854     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2010.2066810     Document Type: Article

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