Seabed Variability and Its Influence on Acoustic Prediction Uncertainty Model and Data Variance and Resolution: How Do We Quantify Uncertainty?

Abstract

A basic tenet of the Office of Naval Research's Uncertainty DRI is that, in any strategic situation, environmental parameters will never be known in complete enough detail to enable a perfectly accurate acoustic detection. In order to address the problem of unknown uncertainty this research is focused on two goals: 1. Assess and characterize seafloor variability in shelf areas. 2. Determine the impact of the seafloor variability on acoustic prediction uncertainty.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA628078

Entities

People

  • Robert I. Odom

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Acoustic Fields
  • Acoustic Impedance
  • Bulk Modulus
  • Data Sets
  • Grazing
  • Grazing Angles
  • Inverse Problems
  • New Jersey
  • Perturbations
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Seabed
  • Sediments
  • Sensitivity
  • Uncertainty
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.