Seabed Variability and Its Influence on Acoustic Prediction Uncertainty Model and Data Variance and Resolution: How Do We Quantify Uncertainty?

摘要

A basic tenet of the Office of Naval Research's Uncertainty DRI is that, in any strategic situation, environmental parameters will never be known in complete enough detail to enable a perfectly accurate acoustic detection. In order to address the problem of unknown uncertainty this research is focused on two goals: 1. Assess and characterize seafloor variability in shelf areas. 2. Determine the impact of the seafloor variability on acoustic prediction uncertainty.