Cramer-Rao Lower Bounds of Angle-of-Arrival Estimates for Acoustic Sensor Arrays Operating in Atmospheric Turbulence

Abstract

The performance bounds of acoustic arrays operating in atmospheric turbulance with fluctuations described by a von Karman spectrum have been examined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA410153

Entities

People

  • D. K. Wilson
  • S. L. Collier

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Arrays
  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustics
  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Direction Finding
  • Geometry
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.