Requirements, technology, and science drivers of applied reverberation modeling

The historical development of reverberation modeling is a story driven by both supporting and sometimes conflicting features of application requirements, measurement and computing capability, and scientific understanding. This paper presents an overview of how underwater reverberation modeling technology has responded to application needs and how this process has helped the community to identify and resolve related science issues. Emphasis is on the areas of System Design and Acquisition Support, Deployment and Operational Support, and Training Support. Gaps in our scientific knowledge are identified and recent advances are described that help push forward our collective understanding of how to predict and mitigate reverberation.