Source Depth Discrimination Using Intensity Striations in the Frequency–Depth Plane in Shallow Water with a Thermocline

Xiaobin Li, Chao Sun

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Abstract

A source depth discrimination method based on intensity striations in the frequency–depth plane with a vertical linear array in a shallow water environment is proposed and studied theoretically and experimentally. To quantify the orientation of the interference patterns, a generalized waveguide variant (GWV) (Formula presented.) is introduced. Due to the different dominance of the mode groups, the GWV distribution in the surface source is sharply peaked, indicating the presence of striations in the interferogram and the slope associated with the source–array range, while the distribution of the submerged source is more diffuse, and its interferogram is chaotic. The existence or lack of a distinct peak is used to separate the surface and submerged source classes. The method does not demand prior knowledge of the sound speed profile or the relative movement between the source and the array. In addition, it is the presence of the striations, not the value of (Formula presented.), that is exploited to separate the surface and submerged source classes, which means the source–array range can be unknown. The proposed method is validated using experimental data on the towing ship in SWellEx–96 and numerical modeling. The method’s performance under noise situations and for different source–array ranges is also investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number639
JournalRemote Sensing
Volume16
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2024

Keywords

  • generalized waveguide variant
  • modal interference in frequency–depth plane
  • shallow water with a thermocline
  • source depth discrimination

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