Presented is an analysis of the performance of a matched field and matched beam processor in localization of a shallow water source using a 63-element bottom-moored planar array. Two scenarios are considered: in the first, a stationary, submerged CW source is localized in a high SNR environment; in the second, the source is being towed in the presence of multiple ship-generated directional noise sources. Array element localization is carried out using regularized linear inversion on transients from light bulb implosions around the array. The method provides the simplest array shape solution while still fitting the data and initial hydrophone position estimates to a statistically appropriate level. Estimation of geoacoustic parameters is accomplished using a hybrid inversion algorithm producing a robust geoacoustic model which is subsequently used to produce replica acoustic fields for the full field localization methods. Localization proved highly successful for the first scenario, while increased noise and geometrical limitations led to moderate performance in the second scenario.

Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154).

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): Joseph A. Rice, Kevin B. Smith. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-44). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Applied Physics)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Joseph A. Rice, Thomas J. Hofler. Includes bibliographical references (p. 41). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Engineering Acoustics)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Thomas R. Howarth, Dehua Huang. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-69). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-187). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (M.S. in Information Systems and Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Joseph A. Rice, Dan C. Boger. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Engineering Acoustics)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Roberto Cristi, Joseph Rice. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Engineering Acoustics)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Rice, Joseph A. "March 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 24, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Underwater acoustics, Seaweb, Localization, Difference linearization. Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98). Also available in print.

Project report (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 56). Also available via the Internet.