A STUDY OF THE BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF OCEAN NOISE

Abstract

The assumption that ocean noise may be represented as a gaussian process is often made in practical applications relating to research in underwater acoustics. Statictical tests are discussed for normality applied to experimental data obtained for a limited number of samples of low frequency sea noise. The tests include the chisquare goodness of fit test and tests involving the second, third, and fourth order productmoments. The conclusion is that on the basis of these methods and for the data sampled there is no sufficient reason for rejecting the assumption of gaussianity of ocean noise. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 13, 1962
Accession Number
AD0284944

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People

  • A.h. Green

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Experimental Data
  • Frequency
  • Functions (Mathematics)
  • Gaussian Processes
  • Goodness Of Fit Tests
  • Information Science
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Normal Distribution
  • Normality
  • Underwater Acoustics

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  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Statistical inference.