Abstract
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,
VOL. 37,
L00D90,
5 PP., 2010
doi:10.1029/2009GL041763
Synthetic modelling of acoustical propagation applied to seismic oceanography experiments
Instituto de Acústica, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Acústica, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Unitat de Tecnología Marina, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Unitat de Tecnología Marina, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at University of Kiel (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany
GI2A2, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Institut de Ciències de la Terra Jaume Almera, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Recent work shows that multichannel seismic (MCS) systems provide detailed information on the oceans' finestructure. The aim of this paper is to analyze if high order numerical algorithms are suitable to accurately model the extremely weak wavefield scattered by the oceans' finestructures. For this purpose, we generate synthetic shot records along a coincident seismic and oceanographic profile acquired across a Mediterranean salt lens in the Gulf of Cadiz. We apply a 2D finite-difference time-domain propagation model, together with second-order Complex Frequency Shifted Perfectly Matched Layers at the numerical boundaries, using as reference a realistic sound speed map with the lateral resolution of the seismic data. We show that our numerical propagator creates an acoustical image of the ocean finestructures including the salt lens that reproduces with outstanding detail the real acquired one.
Received 13 November 2009; accepted 12 February 2010; published 19 March 2010.
Citation: (2010), Synthetic modelling of acoustical propagation applied to seismic oceanography experiments, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L00D90, doi:10.1029/2009GL041763.
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