The relation of the average sound intensity to range in homogeneous shallow-water

Using a “three parameters” bottom model, the average sound intensity in homogeneous shallow water with constant depth is found by a better expression to be finite for normal mode number of water layer. The space structure of the sound field and some factors controlling the near, middle and far fields are discussed with this expression. This paper was published in Chinese inOceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 14 (2): 198–202, 1983.