Abstract
The problem of nonlinear interaction of solitary wave packets with acoustic signals has been intensively studied in recent years. A key goal is to explain the observed transmission loss of shallow-water propagating signals, which has been found to be strongly time-dependent, anisotropic, and sometimes exhibited unexpected attenuation versus frequency. Much of the existing literature considers the problem of signal attenuation in a static environment, without considering additional effects arising from groups of solitons evolving both in range and time. Hydrographic and acoustic data from the INTIMATE'96 experiment clearly exhibit the effects of soliton packets. However, in contrast with reported observations of signal attenuation, the observed transmission loss shows a pronounced signal enhancement that behaves like a focusing effect. This focusing is correlated with peaks in current, temperature, and surface tide. That correlation suggests that the nonlinear interaction of solitary wave packets with acoustic signals can lead to a focusing of the signal. To clarify this issue, hydrographic data was used to generate physically consistent distributions of "soliton-like" fields of temperature and sound velocity. These distributions were then used as input for a range-dependent normal-mode model. The results strongly support the hypothesis that the soliton field causes the observed signal enhancement.
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