Open AccessApplicability of the single-scattering approximation for the ocean acoustic sounding
Author(s) -
Polina Vornovskikh,
И. В. Прохоров
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1715/1/012051
Subject(s) - scattering , radiative transfer , depth sounding , computational physics , physics , series (stratigraphy) , scattering theory , mathematical analysis , optics , acoustics , mathematics , geology , oceanography , paleontology
A mathematical model in the work that describes the process of pulsed high-frequency acoustic sounding in a fluctuating ocean is considered. The inverse problem for the non-stationary equation of acoustic radiative transfer is investigated. It consists in finding the coefficient of volume scattering from the angular distribution of the radiation flux density at a given point in space. In the single scattering approximation, a formula is obtained to find the scattering coefficient. A series of computational experiments was carried out to substantiate its use in acoustic sensing of a fluctuating water medium. A numerical analysis has shown that the application of the single scattering approximation is justified at least at a sensing range of the order of 100 meters. Moreover, double and triple scattered fields have the main effect on the error.