On the Ability to Estimate Narrow-Band Signal Parameters Using Towed Arrays

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 48-61

  Edelson, Geoffrey S ^a   Tufts, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - MATRIX ALGEBRA; NOISE, SPURIOUS SIGNAL - SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING - DIGITAL TECHNIQUES;

BEARING ESTIMATION; CRAMER-RAO LOWER BOUND; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; NARROW-BAND SIGNAL PARAMETERS; TOWED ARRAYS;

SONAR;

EID: 0026678365     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: 15581691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.126954     Document Type: Article

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