Effect of the fluctuant acoustic channel on the gain of a linear array in the ocean waveguide<xref rid="cpb_27_11_114301_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_11_114301_fn1"><label>*</label> <p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11534009).</p></fn>

Effect of the fluctuant acoustic channel on the gain of a linear array in the ocean waveguide**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11534009).

Xie Lei^{1, 2}, Sun Chao^{1, 2, †}, Jiang Guang-Yu^{1, 2}, Liu Xiong-Hou^{1, 2}, Kong De-Zhi^{1, 2}

(color online) Downslope acoustic propagation, showing (a) sound speed profiles of the shallow water (blue solid line) and abyssal plain (red dotted line), and (b) transmission losses, when the source frequency is 190 Hz and depth is 110 m.