On optimal shading for arrays of irregularly-spaced or noncoplanar elements

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 553-567

  Gallaudet, Timothy C ^a   De Moustier, Christian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ANTENNA LOBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ARRAY SIGNAL; CYLINDRICAL ARRAYS; MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS; NONUNIFORMLY SPACED ARRAYS; OPTIMAL DOLPH-CHEBYSHEV SHADING METHOD; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC ARRAYS;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0034290350     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.895363     Document Type: Article

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