The Distributed Unattended Networked Sensors Field Experiment

Abstract

Field experiments are crucial in developing and evaluating acoustic sensors for target detection, direction finding, classification, and identification. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) regularly conducts field experiments to demonstrate and evaluate real-time performance of the acoustic sensor test bed and to collect signature data of new targets for an ARL acoustic and seismic database. During 20 to 30 September 1999, ARL conducted a field experiment on Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, as part of the Distributed Unattended Networked Sensors (DUNES) program. The main objectives of this experiment were to demonstrate the advances of the new generation of acoustic sensors and to collect data of new targets. This report documents the field test log, sensor array descriptions, and meteorological data from that experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA385178

Entities

People

  • David H. Gerstman
  • Leng K. Sim
  • V. A. Nguyen

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Acoustics
  • Arrays
  • Classification
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Direction Finding
  • Field Tests
  • Identification
  • Meteorological Data
  • Military Research
  • Target Detection
  • Target Recognition
  • Target Signatures
  • Targets
  • Test Beds
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.