A generalized beamformer for localization of marine mammals

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 67, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1213-1225

  Desharnais, Francine ^a   Ebbeson, Gordon R ^a   Matthews, Marie Noël R ^a   Heard, Garry J ^a   Thomson, David J ^b   Brooke, Gary H ^c  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b General Dynamics Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c General Dynamics Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Generalized beamformer; Localization; Marine mammals; Matched field processing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATTENUATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEA LEVEL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GENERALIZED BEAMFORMER; LOCALIZATION; MARINE MAMMALS; MATCHED-FIELD PROCESSING;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 33747797631     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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