LASER-INDUCED UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC SOURCE FOR REMOTE SEA-BED SENSING

The remotely driven by means Of CO2-laser pulse underwater near-surfac e optoacoustic source can be used for ocean medium monitoring. In the present paper this ''unusual'' pulse underwater signal was used for re mote sea-bed sensing in shallow water regions of the Black Sea. Ultra wide band sounding pulse provided a set of narrow band reverberation r esponses. An appropriate sea-bed scattering model is developed provide d consistence of calculated reverberation with experimental data and e stimation of some sea-bed parameters as well.