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The ray description of sound phenomena contains inevitable approximations that do not allow to describe acoustic processes adequately in certain cases, especially when it is necessary to reveal important subtle characteristics of the sound field, for example, near caustic surfaces. An alternative to the ray approach is the wave description.
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Kistovich, A., Pokazeev, K., Chaplina, T. (2020). Wave Description of the Sound Field in Inhomogeneous Media. In: Ocean Acoustics. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35884-6_7
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