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Aspects of Signal Processing

With Emphasis on Underwater Acoustics Part 1 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Portovenere, La Spezia, Italy 30 August–11 September 1976

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  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. G. Tacconi

    1. University of Genoa, Italy

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 33-1)

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVI
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  2. Properties of Time/Space Variant Transmission Channel and Underwater Communications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Multipath Propagation and its Effects on Sonar Design and Performance in the Real Ocean

      • R. J. Urick
      Pages 3-18

    3. The Influence of Time- and Space-Variant Random Filters on Signal Processing

      • A. Wasiljeff
      Pages 19-32

    4. Parametric Acoustic Arrays

      • L. Bjørnø
      Pages 33-59

    5. Acoustic and Electromagnetic Waves Propagating in a Tenuous Random Medium

      • R. H. Clarke
      Pages 61-67

    6. Time-Frequency-Space Generalized Coherence and Scattering Functions

      • Robert Laval
      Pages 69-87

    7. Series Expansions of Velocity Profile, Horizontal Range and Travel Time of Ray Theory in Oceans

      • Tamio Kuyama, Toshiaki Kikuchi
      Pages 89-94

    8. Horizontal Spatial Coherence Measurements with Explosives and CW-Sources in Shallow Water

      • B. Scholz
      Pages 95-108

    9. Measurement of the Weighting Function of the Time-Variant Shallow Water Channel

      • R. Thiele
      Pages 109-122

  3. Detection Estimation and Tracking Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Power-Spectrum Estimation

      • O. L. Frost
      Pages 125-162

    3. Introduction to Detection and Estimation

      • B. Picinbono
      Pages 163-179

    4. Modelling and Detection

      • Ph. de Heering
      Pages 181-201

    5. Bayes Optimal Versus Estimate and Plug Array Processor Performance when there is Directional Uncertainty

      • W. S. Hodgkiss, L. W. Nolte
      Pages 203-212

    6. A Sequential Likelihood Ratio Detection System

      • Hugh A. Reeder
      Pages 213-220

    7. Estimation of the Time Position of a Pulse in Noise

      • A. R. Pratt
      Pages 221-228

    8. Maximum Likelihood Detection of Signals in Noise of Unknown Level

      • P. G. Cable
      Pages 229-250

    9. The Role of Coherence in Time Delay Estimation

      • G. Clifford Carter
      Pages 251-256

    10. Target Classification and Hypothesis Testing

      • L. Meier
      Pages 257-263
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About this book

The summer school held in Portovenere followed a tutorial format with the purpose of familiarizing postdoctoral or postgraduate students in the basic theories and up-to-date applications of present knowledge. Although, from a teaching point of view, a certain areount of overlapping is always useful, in order to avoid excessive duplication direct contact between lecturers expert in the same subject was encouraged during the preparation phase. In recent years computer facilities and theoretical implementa­ tion have considerably increased the possibility of solving problems relating to signal detection in noise. Any type of communication may take advantage of signal processing principles, including any type of physical measurement that can be considered as a non-semantic and/or quasi-semantic communication. Since signal processing techniques are common to many branches of science (telecommunications, radar, sonar, seismology, geophysics, nuclear research, space research and others), the advanced and sophisticated levels reached singularly in anyone of them could be used to the advantage of the others. In particular, underwater acoustics is a discipline which, to some extent, represents a practical general model that has permitted the development of signal processing techniques suitable to meet data reduction and interpretation needs of other branches of science. This ASI consequently underlined the inter-disciplinarity of signal proces­ sing in order that the principles of outstanding methods developed in one field may be adapted to others.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Genoa, Italy

    G. Tacconi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aspects of Signal Processing

  • Book Subtitle: With Emphasis on Underwater Acoustics Part 1 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Portovenere, La Spezia, Italy 30 August–11 September 1976

  • Editors: G. Tacconi

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1223-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1977

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0799-4Published: 30 April 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-1225-6Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1223-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 400

  • Topics: Signal, Image and Speech Processing

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