Evaluation of a Long-Range Joint Acoustic Navigation / Thermometry System

Author

Duda, Timothy F. ; Morozov, Andrey K. ; Howe, Bruce M. ; Brown, Michael G. ; Speer, Kevin ; Lazarevich, Peter ; Worcester, Peter F. ; Cornuelle, Bruce D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Ocean Phys. & Eng., Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn., MA

fYear

2006

fDate

18-21 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The conceptual architecture of an ocean acoustic system with the dual uses of submerged platform navigation and large-scale temperature measurement has been developed, and is described here. Swept FM signals would be used to synthesize short-duration pulses. A 50-Hz bandwidth is to be used, within the frequency range of 100 to 200 Hz. The potential performance of the system is discussed here. Navigation performance is compared with that of the currently used 1.6-Hz bandwidth RAFOS system. Thermometry performance can be evaluated using experiences with prior systems

Keywords

ocean temperature; underwater sound; underwater vehicles; 100 to 200 Hz; Frequency Modulated signals; RAFOS system; acoustic navigation-thermometry system; navigation performance; ocean acoustic system; submerged platform navigation; temperature measurement; thermometry performance; Acoustic measurements; Bandwidth; Frequency; Marine technology; Navigation; Oceans; Physics; Sea measurements; Time measurement; Tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2006

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0114-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0115-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2006.306999

Filename

4099137