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    Comparison of a small slope approximation model of reflection loss at the rough ocean surface with stochastic modelling using PE.

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    Authors
    Jones, Adrian
    Maggi, Amos
    Bartel, David
    Duncan, Alexander
    Zinoviev, Alex
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Jones, Adrian D. and Maggi, Amos and Bartel, David W. and Duncan, Alec J. and Zinoviev, Alex. 2012. Comparison of a small slope approximation model of reflection loss at the rough ocean surface with stochastic modelling using PE, in McMinn, Terrance (ed), Acoustics 2012 Fremantle: Acoustics, Development and the Environment, The 2012 Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society, Nov 21-23 2012. Fremantle, Western Australia: Australian Acoustical Society
    Source Title
    Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Australia
    Source Conference
    Acoustics 2012 Fremantle: Acoustics, Development and the Environment, the 2012 Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society
    Additional URLs
    http://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/AAS2012/papers/p3.pdf
    ISBN
    9780646590394
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6549
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    Abstract

    The accurate modelling of underwater acoustic reflection from a wind-roughened ocean surface is a challenging problem. Some complicating factors are the presence of near-surface bubbles and the potential for shadowing of acoustic energy by parts of the surface itself. One essential factor, which is the subject of the present paper, is the specular reflection of coherent plane waves at an ocean-like rough surface. We tested the accuracy of the rough surface reflection model adopted by the authors, the small-slope approximation (SSA) approach as used by Williams et al. (JASA, 116, Oct. 2004). The SSA model was used to compute values of the coherent plane wave reflection loss per bounce for wind speeds between 5 and 12.5 m/s, frequencies between 1.5 and 9 kHz, and grazing angles between about 1 and 10 degrees. These values were compared to those obtained from a Monte-Carlo approach based on the Parabolic Equation (PE) method, where realistic ocean surfaces were generated based on the Pierson-Moskowitz spectrum for ocean surface heights. The SSA model compared favourably with the more rigorous PE method for most of the range of parameters considered.

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