Office of Naval Research Graduate Traineeship Award in Ocean Acoustics for Srinivasan Jagannathan

Abstract

The long term goal of this research is to develop a general method to determine the dynamics of clutter observed in sonar imagery such as Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing1 (OAWRS). We aim to use waveguide remote sensing techniques to obtain time varying density images of clutter in a shallow water environment, and use these images to develop a robust technique to invert for clutter dynamics. Currently there is no robust method to determine the dynamics of clutter from density images. Our research aims to ultimately distinguish clutter from intended targets by exploiting the differences in their dynamics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531947

Entities

People

  • Nicholas C. Makris
  • Srinivasan Jagannathan

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waveguides
  • Acoustics
  • Active Sonar
  • Classification
  • Continental Shelves
  • Dynamics
  • Environment
  • Hurricanes
  • Images
  • Intensity
  • Massachusetts
  • Military Research
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Remote Sensing
  • Sonar Images
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Waveguides

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.