Normal Modes

aw: A Matlab code for computing normal modes based on Chebyshev approximations
(M. Dzieciuch/Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

amodes: A Matlab code for computing normal modes based on Numerov’s method
(B. Dushaw/APL, Univ. of Washington

Couple: a coupled normal-mode code
(R. Evans)

KRAKEN normal mode program

(updated 6 July 2018)

MOATL MOdal Acoustic Transmission Loss program
(F. Ingenito, S. Wolf, J. Miller/Naval Research Laboratory)

NLayer Pedersen-Gordon underwater sound propagation-loss program


NMPQ: Uses the P-Q description of the bottom reflection coefficient; these represents slopes of the magnitude and phase of the reflection coefficient.
(E. C. Shang,  shangerchang32@aol.com
 Z. D. Zhao,  zhaozhendong@aliyun.com
Key Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Environment, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Science
)

Numerov Mode Code: A demo code using the Numerov finite-difference scheme.
(B. Dushaw, Applied Physics Laboratory, U. Washington)) (new August 2015)

rimLG: A Legendre-Galerkin code for calculating normal-modes (here's the zip file)
(R. Evans) (updated December 2016)

WKBZ: Based on a uniform WKB approximation to the modes
(R. Zhang, National Laboratory of Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

 

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