Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 51, Numéro C2, Février 1990
Premier Congrès Français d'Acoustique / First French Conference on Acoustics
Page(s) C2-1017 - C2-1020
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19902238
Premier Congrès Français d'Acoustique / First French Conference on Acoustics

J. Phys. Colloques 51 (1990) C2-1017-C2-1020

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19902238

A TECHNIQUE TO ESTIMATE THE THREE DIMENSIONAL DIRECTIONALITY OF UNDERSEA AMBIENT NOISE

R.A. WAGSTAFF1, E.K. HOLMSTROM2, B.A. BLUMENTHAL3 et R.W. TOWNSEN2

1  Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory, SSC, MS 39529, U.S.A.
2  Systems Integrated, 10635 Scripps Ranch Blvd., San Diego, CA 92131, U.S.A.
3  Office of Naval Research Det., SSC, MS 39529, U.S.A.


Abstract
A technique has been developed to estimate the three dimensional character of the undersea ambient noise field from beam noise data acquired by a horizontal line array. Results are presented wherein measured beam noise data for several array headings and knowledge of the array's beam response patterns were used to estimate the 3-D noise field.