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It is better to use a simple configuration to enhance the applicability of ocean environment inversion in shallow water. A matched-field inversion method based on a horizontal line 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.
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Li, Z., He, L., Zhang, R. et al. Sound speed profile inversion using a horizontal line array in shallow water. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 58, 1–7 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-014-5526-x
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