Contents

• Introduction
• Theoretical background
  • The Eikonal equations
  • Gaussian beams and dynamic ray equations
  • Boundary reflections and caustics
  • Acoustic pressure outside the beam
  • Transmission loss
  • Particle velocity
  
  
• Installation
• The input file
• Running the models
  • Deep water ray tracing
  • Shallow water isovelocity calculations
  • Trace accuracy
  • Traceo example
  
  
• Conclusions and future work
• Bibliography