Theoretical accuracy of synthetic aperture sonar micronavigation using a displaced phase-center antenna

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 780-789

  Bellettini, Andrea ^a,b   Pinto, Marc A ^a  

^a NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlation; Sonar navigation; Synthetic aperture sonar (SAS)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ESTIMATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NAVIGATION; REVERBERATION; SONAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR;

DISPLACED PHASE-CENTER ANTENNA; SONAR NAVIGATION;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036821922     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2002.805096     Document Type: Article

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