Inversion is the process of inferring information about a physical system from measurements of physical quantities that are obtained from an interaction with the system. In underwater acoustics, the physical system is generally some aspect of the ocean environment, including the ocean bottom, and/or the experimental system of sources and receivers. This general definition for the inversion process, although appealing simple, implies that we can infer properties of the real ocean environment. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
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Chapman, N.R. (2008). Inverse Problems in Underwater Acoustics. In: Havelock, D., Kuwano, S., Vorländer, M. (eds) Handbook of Signal Processing in Acoustics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30441-0_95
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