The Wagstaff's integration silencing processor filter: A method for exploiting fluctuations to achieve improved sonar signal processor performance

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2915-2924

  Wagstaff, Ronald A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALGORITHMS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SONAR SIGNAL PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE; WAGSTAFF'S INTEGRATION SILENCING PROCESSOR FILTER;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FILTER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032213604     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.423875     Document Type: Article

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