Abstract
Experimental data on the reflection of sound from the sea surface suggest that the fluctuations of the received signals are due to the scattering of sound from the irregular sea surface. These data are compared with calculations based on the theory of Eckart. A Gaussian correlation function for the sea surface was assumed for the calculations. The scattered sound depends upon the sea surface parameters, source position, receiver position, and acoustic wavelength. The numerical calculations of scattered sound had the same dependence on the source-receiver separation as the experimental data. By using this, the correlation distance and rms wave height are estimated for the sea surface.
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