Detection of buried targets using a synthetic aperture sonar

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 495-504

  Piper, John E ^a   Commander, Kerry W ^a   Thorsos, Eric I ^b   Williams, Kevin L ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic imaging; Buried object detection; Synthetic aperture sonar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMODULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR;

BURIED OBJECT DETECTION;

RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 0036661596     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2002.1040933     Document Type: Article

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