Standardized Unclassified Nomenclature to Describe Navy Sonar Signals

Abstract

This report presents an unclassified vocabulary for describing sonar signals in public documents and presentations. The development of a unified nomenclature system is crucial as navy-funded research into the impacts of sonar on marine species advances and non-navy researchers without access to classified information are analyzing these signals. The terminology presented here provides specific ways to describe sonar signals and their components, including how to recognize and interpret artifacts arising from how a signal may interact with the environment or with the recording device.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1167032

Entities

People

  • E. Elizabeth Henderson
  • Stephanie Watwood
  • Susan Jarvis
  • Tyler A Helble

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artifacts
  • California
  • Continuous Waves
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • Harmonics
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Nomenclature
  • Repetition Rate
  • Reverberation
  • Sonar Signals
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Vocabulary
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Theoretical Analysis.