THREE DIMENSIONAL ASW PERFORMANCE PREDICTION

AN ALGORITHM WILL BE DEVELOPED TO SELECT OPTIMUM RADIALS AND DEPTHS FOR PROPAGATION LOSS COMPUTATIONS. THE ALGORITHM WILL BE RESULTANT FROM A SERIES OF TESTS RUN TO IDENTIFY THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF RANGE DEPENDENT PROPAGATION LOSS MODELS AND THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH THESE VARIOUS FACTORS SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE CALCULATION OF PROPAGATION LOSS. THE FIRST STEP IS TO SELECT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT REPRESENT REALISTIC VARIATIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT OVER RANGE AND BEARING. NEXT, THE MODIFICATIONS OF TEST CASES WILL BE USED TO VALIDATE ALL COMPONENT PARTS OF CURRENT PROPAGATION LOSS MODELS AND TO ADDRESS RANGE DEPENDENT PROPAGATION LOSS MODELING. THE NEW ALGORITHM WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS AND WILL BE TESTED WITH VARYING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.