Towed array beamforming during ship's maneuvering
Towed hydrophone arrays are commonly used for determining the spatial characteristics of the underwater acoustic field. The assumption that the hydrophones lie in a straight and horizontal line is often made when beamforming the hydrophone outputs. However, due to tow vessel motion, ocean swells and...
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| Format: | bookPart |
| Language: | eng |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/5233 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/5233 |
| Summary: | Towed hydrophone arrays are commonly used for determining the spatial characteristics of the underwater acoustic field. The assumption that the hydrophones lie in a straight and horizontal line is often made when beamforming the hydrophone outputs. However, due to tow vessel motion, ocean swells and currents the array adopts a nonlinear shape and the beamformer output is degraded. To estimate the positions of the hydrophones an array was instrumented with a set of positioning sensors: compasses, tiltmeters, accelerometers and pressure gauges. The authors present the array deformations recorded at sea when the tow vessel is turning and along straight-line tracks. The influence of the observed deformations on the performance of the conventional beamformer output is discussed and illustrated with simulated and real acoustic data |
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