Robust Source Localization and Environmental Characterization in the Ocean

Abstract

The proposed work involves studying, understanding, and exploiting the novel properties of the acoustic field autoproducts, quadrat"ic products of complex acoustic field amplitudes at two different frequencies (F1,F2) within a recorded signal~s bandwidth. When averaged through this bandwidth, the frequency-difference and frequency-sum autoproducts have been shown ~ via theory, simulation, and experiments in a simple multipath environment ~ to closely mimic (greater than 95% cross correlation) genuine acoustic fields at the difference (F2 ~ F1) and sum (F2 + F1) frequencies even when these frequencies lie outside the original signal~s bandwidth. However, this genuine-acoustic-field mimicry by the autoproducts is imperfect because of artifacts stemming from the quadratic product. The remote sensing limitations resulting from these imperfections are not yet understood, and are therefore a primary focus of this ef"fort.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Jun 13, 2019
Source ID
N000141912459

Entities

People

  • David J. Dowling

Organizations

  • Board of Regents of the University of Michigan
  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy

Tags

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.