Tank experiments of sound propagation over a tilted bottom: comparison with a 3-D PE model
Résumé
In this paper we present results of laboratory experiments of long range acoustic propagation over a wedge-shaped oceanic bottom. Transmission loss vs. range curves are extracted from time domain data, and exhibit remarkable 3-D effects. The purpose of this new series of experimental measurements is to collect high quality data to be inverted by means of matched field processing, where the replica will be provided by a full 3-D parabolic equation code.