Spectral Estimation of Radiated Noise in the Near Field,

Abstract

Estimates of the properties of the sound field radiated from underwater sources can be made more accurately in the near field than in the far field where there is a lower signal-to-noise ratio and distortion by the medium. The more complicated processing required is analyzed by using statisticalvarious theory. This theory is reviewed to show relationships between various estimation criteria. The Cramer Rao lower bound (CRLB) is used as a standard of performance and maximum likelihood estimates (MLE) are calculated because their performance approaches this bound for large time-bandwidth products. Far-field procedures for estimating power spectra are presented since they can be extended to near-field measurements. Many procedures are currently capable of estimating the time wave-form but must be extended to estimate power spectra. These include the general estimation procedure of Banges and Schultheiss and adaptive gradient descent algorithms. (Author Modified Abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 23, 1973
Accession Number
AD0759476

Entities

People

  • Anthony J. Rockmore
  • Donald A. Murphy
  • Neil J. Bershad

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Bandwidth
  • Diffraction
  • Distortion
  • Far Field
  • Measurement
  • Near Field
  • Noise
  • Power Spectra
  • Radiated Noise
  • Spectra
  • Standards
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Statistical inference.