Modeling interface roughness scattering in a layered seabed for normal-incident chirp sonar signals

J Acoust Soc Am. 2012 Apr;131(4):EL302-8. doi: 10.1121/1.3690962.

Abstract

Downward looking sonar, such as the chirp sonar, is widely used as a sediment survey tool in shallow water environments. Inversion of geo-acoustic parameters from such sonar data precedes the availability of forward models. An exact numerical model is developed to initiate the simulation of the acoustic field produced by such a sonar in the presence of multiple rough interfaces. The sediment layers are assumed to be fluid layers with non-intercepting rough interfaces.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.