Measurement and Analysis of Geologically Induced Clutter

Abstract

The long-term goals of this effort are to: Improve the understanding of the physical mechanisms (below 5kHz) which scatter incident energy multi-statically into a receiver and which can possess target-like characteristics (clutter). Improve the understanding of the effects of seafloor geo-acoustic properties on clutter and reverberation. Improve the understanding of the effects of surface morphology and composition on scattering and clutter. Assess the suitability of current high fidelity reverberation and scattering models for model/data comparison.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625525

Entities

People

  • John R. Preston

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Ambient Noise
  • Arrays
  • Background Noise
  • Bottom Loss
  • Boundaries
  • Data Processing
  • Dendritic Structure
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • New Jersey
  • Reverberation
  • Scattering
  • Seabed
  • Surface Roughness
  • Three Dimensional
  • Towed Arrays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.