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Back Clutter Depth Discrimination in the Shallow Water Waveguide

Fiscal Year 2014
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Oceanography
Investigator(s) Reeder, Davis B.
Sponsor Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary Depth determination is a key parameter for Clutter discrimination in mid-frequency active sonar systems. Determining whether the source of a scattered signal is on the seabed or higher up in the water column represents a significant capability to discriminate between sources of clutter and targets of interest. A method to remotely discriminate clutter source depth by information contained in the backscattered signal-without a priori knowledge of that depth-is required to move the science forward. The long-term objective of the proposed research is to explore the development of a wavenumber-based determination of clutter depth based upon the physics of the shallow water waveguide.
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