Seabed and range estimation of impulsive time series using a convolutional neural network

Abstract

In ocean acoustics, many types of optimizations have been employed to locate acoustic sources and estimate the properties of the seabed. How these tasks can take advantage of recent advances in deep learning remains as open questions, especially due to the lack of labeled field data. In this work, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is used to find seabed type and source range simultaneously from 1 s pressure time series from impulsive sounds. Simulated data are used to train the CNN before application to signals from a single hydrophone signal during the 2017 Seabed Characterization Experiment. The training data includes four seabeds representing deep mud, mud over sand, sandy silt, and sand, and a wide range of source parameters. When applied to measured data, the trained CNN predicts expected seabed types and obtains ranges within 0.5 km when the source-receiver range is greater than 5 km, showing the potential for such algorithms to address these problems.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 01, 2020
Source ID
10.1121/10.0001216

Entities

People

  • David F Van Komen
  • David P. Knobles
  • Kira Howarth
  • Peter Hans Dahl
  • Tracianne B Neilsen

Organizations

  • Brigham Young University
  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of Washington

Tags

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks