Estimating equivalent bottom geoacoustial parameters from broadband inversion

• Author(s): Demoulin, X. ; Pelissero, L. ; Stéphan, Y. ; Jesus, S. M. ; Porter, M. ; Coelho, E.
• Date: 2000
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/5198
• Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Subject(s): Geoacoustic parameters; Acoustic inversion
• Document Type: Part of book or chapter of book
• Language: English

Description

A simple and fast approach to retrieve equivalent geoacoustic parameters is presented in this paper. The method is based upon the processing of 300-800 Hz broadband signals on a single hydrophone.Two stable characteristics of the impulse response of the shallow water waveguide are estimated: the time dispersion and the bottom reflection amplitudes. This two features are analytically linked to the compressional speed and to the attenuation coefficient of the medium. The inversion of the two latter geoacoustic parameters is straightforward since it relies on an analytical expression. The method is tested on INTIMATE96 data. The results show an excellent agreement between the reflection of the true medium and the reflection coefficient of the equivalent medium.