Sea bottom parameter estimation by inversion of underwater acoustic sonar data

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Chapter 1 General introduction

Chapter 2 Seabed effects on underwater acoustic propagation

Chapter 3 Single-frequency and multi-frequency matched field inversion using a genetic algorithm

Chapter 4 Multi-frequency matched field inversion of benchmark data using a genetic algorithm

Chapter 5 An environmental assessment in the Strait of Sicily: Measurement and analysis techniques for determining bottom and oceanographic properties

Chapter 6 An evaluation of the accuracy of shallow water matched field inversion results

Chapter 7 Application of the downhill simplex algorithm to reduce the uncertainty in matched field inversion results

Chapter 8 Inversion for geo-acoustic bottom parameters and the water column sound speed profile

Chapter 9 Bottom classification capabilities of matched field inversion

Chapter 10 Summary and conclusions

Appendix A A numerical solution to the modal equation

Appendix B The vertical sonar array as receiving system

Appendix C Global optimization of a test function

Appendix D Applying Levenberg-marquardt as a local optimization method

Appendix E Existing geo-acoustic information for the Malta Plateau and the Elba area

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