Ocean acoustical ray-tracing : Software Ray
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http://hdl.handle.net/1912/618DOI
10.1575/1912/618Keyword
Ray-tracing; Ocean acoustics; Geometrcal opticsAbstract
A new computer program for accurate calculation of acoustic ray paths through a range-varing ocean sound channel has been
written. It is based on creating a model of the speed of sound in the ocean, consistent with input data, that produces the smoothest
possible wavefronts. This scheme eliminates "false caustics" from the wavefront. It may be useful in calculating an approximate
solution to the full wave equation at megameter ranges.
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