Sensitivity of shot detection and localization to environmental propagation

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-105

  Cheinet, S ^a   Broglin, Th ^a  

^a FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

Localization; Propagation; Sensing; Shot; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MORTAR; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LOCALIZATION; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SENSING; SHOT; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84922728530     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: 1872910X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2015.01.021     Document Type: Article

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