Performance bounds for passive sensor arrays operating in a turbulent medium: Spherical-wave analysis

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 987-1001

  Collier, S L ^a   Wilson, D K ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TURBULENCE;

MONOCHROMATIC SOURCES; SENSOR ARRAYS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVEFORM;

EID: 4043107007     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1760111     Document Type: Article

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