In this paper,a modified warping operator for homogeneous shallow water based on the Beam-Displacement Ray-Mode(BDRM)theory is presented.According to the BDRM theory,the contribution of the beam displacement and the time delay to the group velocity can be easily considered in a shallow water waveguide.A more accurate dispersion formula is derived by using the cycle distance formula to calculate the group velocity of normal modes.The derived dispersion formula can be applied to the homogeneous shallow water waveguide.Theoretically,the formula is related to the phase of the reflection coefficient and suitable for various bottom models.Furthermore,based on the derived dispersion relation,the modified warping operator is developed to obtain linear modal structures.For the Pekeris model,the formulae for the phase of the reflection coefficient are derived in this work.By taking account of the effect of the bottom attenuation on the reflection coefficient,the formula for the phase of the reflection coefficient including the bottom attenuation is obtained for the Pekeris model with a lossy bottom.Performance and accuracy of different formulae are evaluated and compared.The numerical simulations indicate that the derived dispersion formulae and the modified warping operator are more accurate.
It is better to use a simple configuration to enhance the matched-field inversion method based on a horizontal line applicability of ocean environment inversion in shallow water. A array （HLA） is used to retrieve the variation of sound speed profile. The performance of the inversion method is verified in the South China Sea in June, 2010. An HLA laid at bottom was used to receive signals from a bottom-mounted transducer. Inverted mean sound speed profiles from 9-hour long acoustic signals are in good agreement with measurements from two temperature chains at the sites of the source and receiver. The results show that an HLA can be used to monitor the variability of shallow-water sound speed profile.
LI ZhengLinHE LiZHANG RenHeLI FengHuaYU YanXinLIN Peng
