Moving Target Depth Estimation for Passive Sonar, Using Sequential Resampling Techniques

Abstract

We examine the problem of passive localization of a moving target in a littoral environment, based on its depth and range-rate. We compare performance with the conventional matched field processor which localizes in depth and range. Range-rate localization is more robust with respect to uncertainties in the environment, and with respect to associated uncertainties in the horizontal wave numbers of the channel modes used for the matched field target response. In our approach the complex amplitudes of the modes are treated as nuisance parameters, which comprise a hidden, first-order Markov state process. In lieu of an analytic expression for the evolution of the likelihood function as new snapshots are integrate, we evaluate a method of particle filtering, or sequential resampling.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA405125

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey Krolik
  • Shawn Kraut

Organizations

  • Duke University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ambiguity
  • Amplitude
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Estimators
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Moving Targets
  • Particles
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Sequential Monte Carlo Methods
  • Shallow Water
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surface Targets
  • Targets
  • Uncertainty

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Statistical inference.