Three-Dimensional Modeling of Sound Field Holograms of a Moving Source in the Presence of Internal Waves Causing Horizontal Refraction

Abstract

In this paper, we study the variations of holograms of a moving source in an inhomogeneous ocean waveguide. It is assumed that intense internal waves (internal solitons) are the reason for the inhomogeneities of the shallow water waveguide. The results of 3D modeling of the sound field considering horizontal refraction by internal waves are presented. In the context of 3D modeling, the interferogram (sound intensity distributions in frequency–time coordinates) and hologram (2D Fourier transform of the interferogram) of moving sources are analyzed. The hologram consists of two disjoint regions corresponding to the unperturbed field and the field perturbed by internal waves. This structure of the hologram allows for the reconstruction of the interferogram of the unperturbed field in a waveguide in the absence of intense internal waves. The error in the reconstruction of the unperturbed interferogram is estimated.