Impulse response of the ocean floor: mathematical modeling. Phase 2, final report.

Success in probing the ocean floor acoustically depends on the ability to resolve physical features. Since this amounts to temporal resolution of the received signal, short-duration transient signals are ideal for these measurements. Procedures for propagation prediction of such acoustic transients are developed as a tool for interpreting ocean floor measurements. Some of the special features of time-dependent propagation are discussed in contrast with the usual continuous wave solutions and asymptotic solutions for the field integral are related to various types of propagation. -from STAR, 21(22), 1983