Rough sea surface limitations on high-frequency SAS imaging

It is a long-held notion that medium-induced signal fluctuations render long-range synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imaging unfeasible. Recent experimental results in shallow water, however, indicate that near-theoretical SAS performance can be achieved with the aid of (sonar data driven) motion compe...

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Published in:The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2000-11, Vol.108 (5_Supplement), p.2485-2486
Main Authors: Chang, Enson, Chatham, Ralph E., Marx, David S., Nelson, Matthew A., Putney, Angela, Warman, L. Kieffer
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Language:English
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Summary:It is a long-held notion that medium-induced signal fluctuations render long-range synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imaging unfeasible. Recent experimental results in shallow water, however, indicate that near-theoretical SAS performance can be achieved with the aid of (sonar data driven) motion compensation and autofocus algorithms, even for surface- and bottom-reflected paths. This study examined in detail the role of these adaptive compensation algorithms in overcoming rough surface scattering-induced phase errors. Imaging and compensation algorithms were applied to sonar data that was numerically modeled for moderate to severe surface conditions. We report here the predicted imaging performance as a function of surface conditions and grazing angles. [Work supported by the Office of Naval Research.]
ISSN:0001-4966
1520-8524
DOI:10.1121/1.4743176