Geoacoustic Inversion Using Modal Dispersion Curves

Abstract This paper presents a broadband geoacoustic inversion method based on matching the estimated dispersion curves extracted from low frequency pulse signal by warping transform and the simulated dispersion curves. The single receiver broadband inversion of the geoacoustic parameters is implemented using the first three orders of the dispersion curves, and the results are assessed using the parameter distribution and propagation loss deviation. The simulation outcomes demonstrate the method’s broad applicability for inverting geoacoustic parameters and the warping transform’s relative accuracy for dispersion curves estimation in waveguide environments with significant vertical sound speed modification.