Geo-Acoustic Parameters Inversion from Vertical Coherence Characteristic of Ambient Noise

In shallow sea the wave of ambient noise contains the information of environment acoustic field. In theory, vertical coherence, which is one of the numerous ambient noise field characters, can be used to invert geo-acoustic parameters because of its relative stability. The ambient noise data were collected in two different seasons using two vertical-laid hydrophones in shallow water. Then acoustic parameters of semi-infinite space seabed are inversed from the vertical coherence of measured ambient noise in the frequency range of 100Hz~3 kHz. The predicted vertical coherence curve of ambient noise, which is computed using inversed parameters, agrees with the measured curve by comparison. The experiment results show that geo-acoustic parameters can be inversed effectively by the vertical coherence of ambient noise.