Designing a Large Area Underwater Range Using Hearing Range Statistics

Abstract

The approach taken in this work was to measure hearing statistics for MK-84 pingers over a long period of time using actual Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) operations conducted on the Barking Sands Underwater Range Expansion (BSURE) underwater range. From July 1989 to April 1990, hearing range statistics were generated for submarines, MK-30 targets, and torpedoes in a variety of sea states to form probability-of-detection curves. These curves were then used to predict the tracking characteristics of a large-area range.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA283934

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Base Lines
  • Computer Programs
  • Databases
  • Deep Water
  • Detection
  • Hydrophones
  • Probability
  • Repetition Rate
  • Slant Range
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Targets
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Underwater Tracking
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Statistical inference.