A tactical approach to environmental uncertainty and sensitivity

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 356-367

  Heaney, Kevin D ^a   Cox, Henry ^b  

^a Ocean Acoustical Services and Instrumentation Systems   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Capturing uncertainty; Environmental variability; Geoacoustic inversion; Sonar performance prediction

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ESTIMATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CAPTURING UNCERTAINTY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; GEOACOUSTIC INVERSION;

SONAR;

EID: 33750099738     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2006.875105     Document Type: Article

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