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The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the structure of arbitrary sound fields with finite energy in stratified fluids. The principal results of the analysis imply that each such field is a sum of a free component, which behaves for large times like a diverging spherical wave, and a guided component which is approximately localized in regions |y - yj| < hj where c(y) has minima and propagates outward in horizontal planes like a diverging cylindrical wave.
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Wilcox, C.H. (1984). Transient Sound Field Structure in Stratified Fluids. In: Sound Propagation in Stratified Fluids. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 50. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1124-2_4
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