RodrÃguez, O. C.Collis, J. M.Simpson, H. J.Ey, E.Schneiderwind, J.Felisberto, P.2015-11-272015-11-2720120001-4966AUT: ORO00691;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/7181Acoustic predictions of the recently developed TRACEO ray model, which accounts for bottom shear properties, are benchmarked against tank experimental data from the EPEE-1 and EPEE-2 (Elastic Parabolic Equation Experiment) experiments. Both experiments are representative of signal propagation in a Pekeris-like shallow-water waveguide over a non-flat isotropic elastic bottom, where significant interaction of the signal with the bottom can be expected. The benchmarks show, in particular, that the ray model can be as accurate as a parabolic approximation model benchmarked in similar conditions. The results of benchmarking are important, on one side, as a preliminary experimental validation of the model and, on the other side, demonstrates the reliability of the ray approach for seismo-acoustic applications. (C) 2012 Acoustical Society of America. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4734236]engSeismo-acoustic ray model benchmarking against experimental tank datajournal articlehttps://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4734236