Review Article

Advanced Applications for Underwater Acoustic Modeling

Table 1

Summary of underwater acoustic propagation models. Superscript letters identify those models that have been added to the inventory since 2003.

TechniqueRange independentRange dependent

CAPARAYPLRAYACCURAYGRABLYCHPedersenRAYWAVE
Ray theoryFACTRANGERBELLHOPGRASSMEDUSAPlaneRaybRP-70
FLIRTCoherent DELTAHARORAYMIMICPWRCcSHALFACT
GAMARAYFACTEXHARPOMPCRay5dTRIMAIN
ICERAYFeyRayaHARVESTMPPRAYSONeXRAYf

Normal modeAP-2/5MODELABORCAADIABCOUPLEKRAKENPROSIMWKBZ
BDRMNEMESISPOPPgASERTCPMSMOATLSHAZAMWRAP
COMODENLNMPROTEUSASTRALFELMODEMOCTESUMASNAP/C-SNAP3D ocean
DODGENORMOD3SHEAR2CENTROIECMhNAUTILUSSWAMPi
FNMSSNORM2LSticklerCMM3DKanabisPROLOSWEDGE

Multipath ExpansionFAMENEPBRIntegrated modej
MULERAYMODE

Fast field or wavenumber integrationFFPOASESSAFARICORERD-OASESSAFRAN
Kutschale FFPpulse FFPSCOOTEROASES-3DkRDOASP
MSPFFPRPRESSSPARCRDFFPRDOAST

Parabolic equationAMPE/CMPEFEPESMONM3DmPE-FFRAMETwo-WayPE
Cartesian 3DPElFOR3DMOREPEPESOGENULETA
CCUB/SPLN/CNP1HAPENSPEnPE-SSF (UMPE/MMPE)UNIMOD
Use single environmental specificationcorrected PEHYPEROS2IFDRAM/RAMS/RAMGEOp3DPE (NRL-1)
DREPIFD wide-angleOWWEoRMPEq3DPE (NRL-2)
FDHB3DIMP3DPAREQSNUPE3DTDPA
FEPELOGPEPDPESpectral PE3DWAPEr
FEPE-CMMaCh1PECanTDPE