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Terrain mapping with forward looking sonar on unmanned underwater vehicles
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997)In the future, successful reconnaissance operations conducted in shallow water with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles will rely heavily on a high performance, high resolution, forward look sonar coupled with terrain mapping ... -
Texture analysis of sidescan sonar imagery using statistical scattering models
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997)It is shown that the generalised K-distribution provides a good fir to the amplrtude statisttcs of sonar imagery from several different types of seabed sediment. A number of possible explanations for the Ricean nature of ... -
The AP-120B array processor
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1979/12)The Floating Point Systems array processor AP 120 B is briefly presented. An overview of the architecture is given. The most important features and the use of the AP software are described -
The application of high-speed processors to propagation experiments using explosives
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1979/12)The possibility of analysing explosive signals directly, without an intermediate recording system, offers large improvement~ in the quality and rapid availability of results from acoustic propagation experiments. The ... -
The ARL shipborne computer system
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The continuous gradient ray tracing system (CONGRATS)
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1971/12)CONGRATS, an acronym for the Continuous Gradient Ray Tracing System, is an integrated collection of ray tracing programs designed to model acoustic propagation and reverberation. The fundamental programs of the series, ... -
The dynamics of information fusion: synthetic versus misassociation
(NURC, 2006/08)Fusion entails both the association and synthesis of information. If missassociations occur, they obviously undermine the gains won by synthesis, compromising the fusion product. An analytic framework is presented here to ... -
The effect of gravity-forced oscillations at the base of the duct on its effective depth as a channel for acoustic rays
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The effect of suspended particulate matter on the performance of high frequency sonars in turbid coastal waters
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997)Shallow coastal environments are characterised by high levels of suspended mineral particles relative lo the open ocean and such suspensions can have a significant effect on the performance of high frequency sonars operating ... -
The effect of water column stability on acoustic backscatter from the ocean bubble layer
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The effect source movements on shallow water bottom backscatter
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997)The time-evolution model BORIS is used to study the effects of source movements on bottom backscatter. Changes in the backscattend time domain signals as functions of source depth, position and incident angles are simulated ... -
The effectiveness of a system-of-systems for countering asymmetric maritime threats in ports and harbours
(NURC, 2008/09)A small boat loaded with explosives has been used by terrorists to attack military and civilian maritime surface vessels at berth or at anchor. For example, suicide bombers attacked the USS Cole using a small boat while ... -
The fauna of the Strait of Sicily
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)All students of the Mediterranean, both biologists and physical oceanologists, now agree t ·hat the Western and the Eastern basins have rather different features and that the Strait of Sicily is there fore an interesting ... -
The general geophysics and geology of the Strait of Sicily
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)Available geophysical and geological data combined with newly compiled bathymetric, bottom sample, underwater photograph and recently published geophysical data [Ref. lJ have been analysed to describe the geophysical and ... -
The hydrological characteristics of the waters exchanged between the eastern and the western basins of the Mediterranean
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)An analysis is done of hydrographic data obtained in 1965 and 1966 in the region of Tunis-Sicily-Malta. Vertical sections permit to follow the opposite spreadings of the surface water of Atlantic origin and the levantine ... -
The intrinsic variability of detection range and its implications
(NURC, 2009/12)The range of first detection of an approaching target is among the most important parameters defining sensors and defensive surveillance systems. A demonstration of capability typically consists of staged approaches of a ... -
The Levantine intermediate water mass from Sardinia to Rhodes
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The Maltese oceanic front: a surface description by ship and aircraft
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)Simultaneous observations by ship and aircraft of an oceanic fronta ! zone east of Malta in May 1971 show a predominatly north-south boundary between two water masses evidently formed by surface water from the western ... -
The MPS-3 and the SPS-81
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1979/12)The Larqe Aperture Acoustics Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory has developed a sea-qoinq signal processinq system in which two different types of array processors are used - a Signal Processing Systems SPS-81 and ... -
The optimum frequency of propagation in shallow-water environments
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1983/04)The optimum frequency of propagation in shallow water environments is the result of competing propagation and attenuation mechanisms at high and low frequencies. It is shown that the optimum frequency is strongly dependent ...