On horizontal coherence estimates from path integral theory for sound propagation through random ocean sound-speed perturbations
Abstract
Previously published results from path integral theory for the horizontal coherence length utilized
an empirical relation for the phase structure function density that was quite different from path integral
results obtained for depth and time coherence where the phase structure function density was
expanded to second order in the lag. This letter presents a result for horizontal coherence length
which carries out the quadratic expansion and analytically solves the integral equations. Some simple
calculations of horizontal coherence length demonstrate the differences between the present and
old expressions. In contrast to the empirical result the present expression shows the expected one
over square-root range and one over frequency scalings. The results also show more clearly how
transverse coherence is sensitive to the space-time scales of internal waves and other environmental
parameters.
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