Shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models

The sediment deficient western and southern Australian coastal seafloors consist of semi-compact layered calcarenite. Although there is a large body of work investigating and modelling the characteristics of underwater sound propagation over a layered elastic seafloor, there are still difficulties a...

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Main Authors: Koessler, Matthew, Duncan, Alexander, Gavrilov, Alexander
Other Authors: Terrance McMinn
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Australian Acoustical Society 2013
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Online Access:http://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/AAS2013/papers/p70.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37029
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Duncan, Alexander
Gavrilov, Alexander
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Duncan, Alexander
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description The sediment deficient western and southern Australian coastal seafloors consist of semi-compact layered calcarenite. Although there is a large body of work investigating and modelling the characteristics of underwater sound propagation over a layered elastic seafloor, there are still difficulties associated with modelling complex shallow water environments like the Australian shelf. For a range independent marine environment with a calcarenite bottom, the acoustic propagation characteristics have been previously modelled using numerical methods based on wavenumber integration theory. This work investigates the ability of other sound propagation models to accurately predict the acoustic field over calcarenite seafloors, specifically models based on normal mode theory. The benefits and draw-backs of this alternative modelling approach are discussed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-370292017-01-30T13:59:04Z Shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models Koessler, Matthew Duncan, Alexander Gavrilov, Alexander Terrance McMinn sediment layered calcarenite seafloor semi-compact The sediment deficient western and southern Australian coastal seafloors consist of semi-compact layered calcarenite. Although there is a large body of work investigating and modelling the characteristics of underwater sound propagation over a layered elastic seafloor, there are still difficulties associated with modelling complex shallow water environments like the Australian shelf. For a range independent marine environment with a calcarenite bottom, the acoustic propagation characteristics have been previously modelled using numerical methods based on wavenumber integration theory. This work investigates the ability of other sound propagation models to accurately predict the acoustic field over calcarenite seafloors, specifically models based on normal mode theory. The benefits and draw-backs of this alternative modelling approach are discussed. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37029 http://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/AAS2013/papers/p70.pdf Australian Acoustical Society restricted
spellingShingle sediment
layered calcarenite
seafloor
semi-compact
Koessler, Matthew
Duncan, Alexander
Gavrilov, Alexander
Shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models
title Shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models
title_full Shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models
title_fullStr Shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models
title_full_unstemmed Shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models
title_short Shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models
title_sort shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models
topic sediment
layered calcarenite
seafloor
semi-compact
url http://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/AAS2013/papers/p70.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37029