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On verification of the new criterion of adiabaticity by numerical simulation of acoustic propagation through the polar front

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To assess the adiabaticity of acoustic propagation in the ocean is very important for acoustic field calculation (forward problem) and tomographic retrieving (inverse problem). A new criterion of adiabaticity is proposed recently (Shang et al., 2001). In this paper, numerical simulation has been conducted for acoustic propagation through the Polar Front to verify the new criterion. Numerical results on the f (frequency)-m (mode number) plan demonstrate that the new criterion works very well for this extremely non-gradual ocean structure.

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Wang, Y.Y., Shang, E.C. On verification of the new criterion of adiabaticity by numerical simulation of acoustic propagation through the polar front. J Ocean Univ. China 1, 25–28 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-002-0026-4

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