Envelope of Correlation Used with Deconvolution and Reconvolution to Remove the Direct Arrival in a Multipath Environment

Abstract

Separating overlapping direct and reflected arrivals, such as those propagated under pack ice from an acoustic source emitting frequency modulated sweep pulses, is a difficult problem in the analysis of high frequency arctic correlation data. To solve this problem, a correlation with the source pulse followed by a Hilbert transform is used to derive the envelope of correlation. This gives a reliable indication of the best cutoff time for separating multipath arrivals by a deconvolution followed by reconvolution. An added benefit from the software for the above cross correlation envelope is a plot of the relative amplitudes and arrival times for each propagation path. (jhd)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA222309

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  • M. A. Wilson

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