The FY1999 Office of Naval Research SECNAV/CNO Chair and ONR/MIT Scholar of Oceanographic Sciences
Abstract
LONG-TERM GOALS. Our long term goals are to: (1) to develop physics based algorithms which improve the performance of US Navy sonar systems. (2) to promote the coupling between the basic and applied (6.1 and 6.2) and to operational systems used for USN sonar systems. OBJECTIVES. The technical objective of the proposal is to optimize the performance of both sonar and ocean remote sensing systems by coupling physical and statistical environmental models to state of the art, physics based, signal and array processing methods. This objective has long been sought; however, it has been quite difficult to attain. At one extreme, acoustical oceanographers conduct detailed geoacoustic observations and process studies with little concern upon their impact, while at the other extreme, sonar signal processors typically use the simplest environmental models which ignore much of what is known about the acoustic medium in which the signal and noise fields propagate.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA630204
Entities
People
- Arthur Bernard Baggeroer
- Nicholas C. Makris
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology