Capturing uncertainties of the underwater acoustic environment based on an ocean-acoustic coupled model

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-03-13
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Consideringtheuncertaineffectsoftemporalandspatialchangesinthemarineenvironmentontheunderwateracousticenvironment,weestablishedanocean-acousticcouplednumericalmodelandperformedaparallelcalculation.Thismodelincorporatedacousticcalculationsintothedynamicocean,therebyachievingadynamicforecastingandassessmentoftheacousticenvironment.Furthermore,weadoptedtheensemblepredictionmethodtopredicttheverticalstructureoftemperatureinaclassiccross-section,thesoundspeedofthecross-sectionoftheinvestigatedseaarea,andtransmissionlosses.Wegavethepredictionerrorsofthesoundspeedprofileaswellasthe90%probabilityintervaloftransmissionlossesandtheuncertaintyhistogramsofthesoundspeeds,transmissionlosses,andsonarrangesatdifferentdepthsandfrequencies.Theresultsreflectedtheinfluenceofmarinetemporalandspacialvariationsontheuncertaintiesoftheunderwateracousticenvironment,andtheresultsalsoquantifiedtheuncertaintiesoftheunderwateracousticenvironmentparameters.Theexperimentalresultsindicatethatthemethodusedinthisstudyisabletodelineateandquantifytheuncertaintiesoftheunderwateracousticenvironmentcausedbymarinedynamicchanges.