Array modeling of active sonar clutter

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-170

  Abraham, Douglas A ^a  

^a CausaSci LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sonar; Array processing; Beamforming; Clutter; K distribution

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ARRAY PROCESSING; BANDWIDTH; BEAMFORMING; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); CONTROL THEORY; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ERRORS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ACTIVE SONAR; ACTIVE SONAR SYSTEMS; ARRAY DESIGNS; CIRCULAR ARRAYS; CLUTTER; CLUTTER STATISTICS; CONVENTIONAL BEAMFORMING; FALSE ALARMS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIPS; K-DISTRIBUTION; LOWER BOUNDS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; PROBABILITY OF FALSE ALARMS; PROCESSING EFFECTS; PROPAGATION CONDITIONS; PROPAGATION EFFECTS; RAYLEIGH; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SCATTERING SOURCES; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; SONAR SYSTEMS; SPATIAL SAMPLINGS; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 56049120059     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2008.919604     Document Type: Article

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