Sniper localization using acoustic asynchronous sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1469-1478

  Damarla, Thyagaraju ^a   Kaplan, Lance M ^a   Whipps, Gene T ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cramer Rao bound (CRB); muzzle blast; networked sensors; shock wave; sniper localization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SENSORS; ARRAY OF SENSORS; ASYNCHRONOUS SENSOR; MUZZLE BLAST; NETWORKED SENSORS; SNIPER LOCALIZATION; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME-DIFFERENCE-OF-ARRIVAL;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; SENSOR NODES; SHOCK WAVES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WAVES;

SENSORS;

EID: 77954866911     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2045496     Document Type: Article

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