Overview of the reverberation modeling workshops

Two workshops on reverberation modeling are being conducted under joint sponsorship from the Program Executive Office C4I, PMW 180 (as funded by the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy) and the Office of Naval Research. The overall goal of these workshops is to evaluate recent progress made in reverberation‐related research efforts and to make recommendations for further development. The first workshop was held in November 2006 and the second is scheduled for March 2008. The focus of the first workshop was on reverberation from the environment, while the second workshop will emphasize system characteristics. At the first workshop, fifteen different reverberation models were represented and extensive comparisons were carried out before, during, and after the workshop. We present the approach used to conduct the first workshop, discuss issues that have been identified, and outline tentative plans for the second workshop. [Work supported by ONR and PMW 180.]