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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 ... -
The prediction of temporal statistics of directional ambient shipping noise
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1982/06)A technique for predicting the probability density function (PDF) of the ambient-noise power received by a narrow-band system in a modelled shipping and wind noise field is described. The densities of the shipping noise ... -
The relation between the waveguide invariant, multipath impulse response, and ray cycles
(NURC, 2012/04)The waveguide invariant, b, that manifests itself as interference fringes or "striations" in a plot of frequency vs source-receiver separation, is usually thought of as a modal phenomenon. This paper shows that striations ... -
The Response model: an operational model for towed array shape and attitude estimation validated on TABAT data
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1993/08)An operational model for array shape and attitude estimation, based on the continuous measurement of heading and depth at a single position in the array, is presented. This model, which we call the Response model has been ... -
The SACLANTCEN interactive time series analysis system
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/05)The purpose of this paper is to describe the new conversational signal processing system which is being developed by the Computer Section at SACLANTCEN. This system, which i ncludes input/ output devices, can be used alone ...