An experimental evaluation of split-beam processing as a broadband bearing estimator for line array sonar systems

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3556-3563

  Stergiopoulos, Stergios ^a   Ashley, Anthony T ^b  

^a DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

^b Defence Research Establishment Atlantic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SONAR; SPLIT-BEAM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOLOCATION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031443167     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.420146     Document Type: Article

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