uRayTracer: underwater acoustic propagation simulator

1. Parameters

Notation	α	*n_r*	*δ_Z*	*Z_TX*	*X_max*	*S_max*	*η_bottom*	*η_surface*
Value
Units	°		m	m	m	m
Range	5 .. 179	4 .. 256	0.1 .. 10	0 .. 1000	100 .. 100000	100 .. 100000	0 .. 1	0 .. 1
Description	Beam angle	Rays number	Delta Z	TX depth	X axis max	Max path	Bottom absorbtion	Surface absorbtion

TS-profile

Select one of following TS-profiles:

Or open a TS-profile in CSV format:

2. Simulator

Notes on CSV format specification for TS-profiles

The format is taken from NOAA and data typically looks like:
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------, CAST ,, 3390163,WOD Unique Cast Number,WOD code, NODC Cruise ID ,,SU-7464 ,,, Originators Station ID ,,177B ,,,alpha, Originators Cruise ID ,,9104 ,,, Latitude ,, 55.1783,decimal degrees,, Longitude ,, 162.9167,decimal degrees,, Year ,, 1991,,, Month ,, 4,,, Day ,, 22,,, Time ,, 12.40,decimal hours (UT),, METADATA, Country ,, SU,NODC code,SOVIET UNION Accession Number ,, 9700187.,NODC code,, Project ,, 342.,NODC code,INPOC (FRENCH), Platform ,, 6501.,OCL code,PRILIV (R/V; call sign EREC; built 05.1969; new c.s.UHIR; IMO6916574), Institute ,, 829.,NODC code,PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE (VLADIVOSTOK), probe_type ,, 4.,OCL_code,CTD, Instrument ,Temperature, 406.,WOD code,CTD: GUILDLINE, MODEL UNKNOWN, Instrument ,Salinity, 406.,WOD code,CTD: GUILDLINE, MODEL UNKNOWN, VARIABLES ,Depth ,F,O,Temperatur ,F,O,Salinity ,F,O,Pressure ,F,O,, UNITS ,m , , ,degrees C ,, , ,PSS ,, , ,dbar ,, , ,, Prof-Flag , ,0, , ,9, , ,6, , ,0, ,, 1, 3.0,0, , 0.174590,0, , 32.97216,0, , 3.,0, , 2, 4.0,0, , 0.180960,0, , 32.96339,0, , 4.,0, , 3, 5.0,0, , 0.177220,0, , 32.96974,0, , 5.,0, , 4, 5.9,0, , 0.140920,0, , 32.97163,0, , 6.,0, , 5, 6.9,0, , 0.131240,0, , 32.97175,0, , 7.,0, , 6, 7.9,0, , 0.108760,0, , 32.97154,0, , 8.,0, , 7, 8.9,0, , 0.0855800,0, , 32.97132,0, , 9.,0, , The minimal dataset should contain 7 columns as follows:
- depth in meters in column 1,
- temperature in °C in column 4,
- salinity in PSU in column 7
A line with "Prof-Flag" in column 0 should be before the data.
Optionally, you can add "NODC Cruise ID", "Latitude" and "Longitude" in the file header.

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