Automatically Differentiable Higher-Order Parabolic Equation for Real-Time Underwater Sound Speed Profile Sensing

This paper is dedicated to the acoustic inversion of the vertical sound speed profiles (SSPs) in the underwater marine environment. The method of automatic differentiation is applied for the first time in this context. Representing the finite-difference Padé approximation of the propagation operator...

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Main Author: Mikhail Lytaev
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
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description This paper is dedicated to the acoustic inversion of the vertical sound speed profiles (SSPs) in the underwater marine environment. The method of automatic differentiation is applied for the first time in this context. Representing the finite-difference Padé approximation of the propagation operator as a computational graph allows for the analytical computation of the gradient with respect to the SSP directly within the numerical scheme. The availability of the gradient, along with the high computational efficiency of the numerical method used, enables rapid inversion of the SSP based on acoustic measurements from a hydrophone array. It is demonstrated that local optimization methods can be effectively used for real-time sound speed inversion. Comparative analysis with existing methods shows the significant superiority of the proposed method in terms of computation speed.
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spelling doaj-art-59a0f022fdb143b3ad76d22c9f17888e2024-11-26T18:07:56ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122024-10-011211192510.3390/jmse12111925Automatically Differentiable Higher-Order Parabolic Equation for Real-Time Underwater Sound Speed Profile SensingMikhail Lytaev0St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 14-th Linia V.O. 39, 199178 St. Petersburg, RussiaThis paper is dedicated to the acoustic inversion of the vertical sound speed profiles (SSPs) in the underwater marine environment. The method of automatic differentiation is applied for the first time in this context. Representing the finite-difference Padé approximation of the propagation operator as a computational graph allows for the analytical computation of the gradient with respect to the SSP directly within the numerical scheme. The availability of the gradient, along with the high computational efficiency of the numerical method used, enables rapid inversion of the SSP based on acoustic measurements from a hydrophone array. It is demonstrated that local optimization methods can be effectively used for real-time sound speed inversion. Comparative analysis with existing methods shows the significant superiority of the proposed method in terms of computation speed.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/11/1925ocean acoustic tomographysound speed inversionmatched field processingautomatic differentiationparabolic equationfinite-difference
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Automatically Differentiable Higher-Order Parabolic Equation for Real-Time Underwater Sound Speed Profile Sensing
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
ocean acoustic tomography
sound speed inversion
matched field processing
automatic differentiation
parabolic equation
finite-difference
title Automatically Differentiable Higher-Order Parabolic Equation for Real-Time Underwater Sound Speed Profile Sensing
title_full Automatically Differentiable Higher-Order Parabolic Equation for Real-Time Underwater Sound Speed Profile Sensing
title_fullStr Automatically Differentiable Higher-Order Parabolic Equation for Real-Time Underwater Sound Speed Profile Sensing
title_full_unstemmed Automatically Differentiable Higher-Order Parabolic Equation for Real-Time Underwater Sound Speed Profile Sensing
title_short Automatically Differentiable Higher-Order Parabolic Equation for Real-Time Underwater Sound Speed Profile Sensing
title_sort automatically differentiable higher order parabolic equation for real time underwater sound speed profile sensing
topic ocean acoustic tomography
sound speed inversion
matched field processing
automatic differentiation
parabolic equation
finite-difference
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/11/1925
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