• DocumentCode
    393086
  • Title

    Controlled seabed clutter fluctuations and their effects on backscattered signal statistics

  • Author

    Dugelay, S. ; Brothers, R.

  • Author_Institution
    QinetiQ Bincleaves, Weymouth, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    29-31 Oct. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Abstract
    This paper describes controlled experiments in Weymouth Bay, UK providing backscattered high frequency data of random varying clutter density on wooden boards. A statistical analysis of the data is performed to establish the behaviour of the K-law parameters with respect to seafloor clutter density.
  • Keywords
    backscatter; clutter; convolution; deconvolution; oceanographic techniques; sonar signal processing; statistical analysis; K-law parameters; UK; Weymouth Bay; backscattered HF data; backscattered high frequency data; backscattered signal statistics; backscattered sonar data; beamforming; controlled seabed clutter fluctuations; convolution; deconvolution; post processing; random varying clutter density; seafloor clutter density; statistical analysis; wooden boards; Chirp; Fluctuations; Frequency; Scattering parameters; Sea floor; Signal analysis; Sonar; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS '02 MTS/IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7534-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.2002.1193239
  • Filename
    1193239