A 2-D Array for Acoustic Field Structure Research

Abstract

Proposed is the fabrication of a 2-D array for use in the collection of mid-frequency (0.5-10 kHz)ambient noise and underwater aco"ustic propagation data. The array will facilitate fundamentaladvances in our use of ambient noise as a natural environmental probe source as well as ourcapitalizing on ambient noise spatial structure for target detection processing. The array also willfacilitate investigating basic research questions in the fluctuation characteristics of midfrequencysignal propagation and attenuation. The entire array will consist of 512 hydrophonesarranged in a 2-D distribution of elements (8 vertical staves of 64 elements each) enablingbeamforming (spatial filtering) in both the vertical and horizontal directions. An integratedautonomous data acquisition syst"em is included.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2019
Source ID
N000141912645

Entities

People

  • William Hodgkiss

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy
  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.