Acoustic propagation in shallow water is greatly dependent on the geoacoustic properties of the seabottom. This paper exploits this dependence for estimating geoacoustic sediment properties from the bottom acoustic returns of known signals received on a hydrophone line array. There are two major issues in this approach: one is the feasibility of acoustic inversion with a limited aperture line array, the other is related to the knowledge of the geometry of the experimental configuration. To test the feasibility of this approach, a 40-hydrophone-4-m spaced towed array together with a low-frequency acoustic source, was operated at a shallow water site in the Strait of Sicily. In order to estimate the array deformation in real time, it has been equipped with a set of nonacoustic positioning sensors (compasses, tilt-meters, pressure gauges). The acoustic data were inverted using two complementary approaches: a genetic algorithm (GA) like approach and a radial basis functions (RBF) inversion scheme. More traditional methods, based on core sampling, seismic survey and geophone data, together with Hamilton's regression curves, have also been employed on the same tracks, in order to provide a ground truth reference environment. The results of the experiment, can be summarized as follows: 1) the towed array movement is not negligible for the application considered and the use of positioning sensors are essential for a proper acoustic inversion, 2) the inversion with GA and RBF are in good qualitative agreement with the ground truth model, and 3) the GA scheme tends to have better stability properties. On the other hand, repeated in version of successive field measurements requires much less computational effort with RBF.
Geoacoustic seafloor exploration with a towed array in a shallow water area of the Strait of Sicily
Geoakustische Erkundung des Meeresbodens in Flachwassergebieten mit einer vertäuten Hydrophonlinie. Signalverarbeitung und Methodenbewertung
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering ; 21 , 4 ; 355-366
1996
12 Seiten, 18 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
Unterwasserschall , Hydrophon , Meer , Umkehrfunktion , akustische Abbildung , Ozeanographie , Schallortung , Meeresforschung , Algorithmus , Schallfortpflanzung , Modellsimulation , Positionierung , Messaufnehmer , experimentelles Ergebnis , akustische Signalverarbeitung , geophysikalische Signalverarbeitung , inverses Problem , Flachwasser , Machbarkeit , genetischer Algorithmus , geophysikalische Messung , Meeresboden , Geophysik , Schallausbreitung , Echtzeit , Positionssensor
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