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A towed array sonar is a system of hydrophones towed behind a submarine or a surface ship on a cable. Trailing the hydrophones behind the vessel, on a cable that can be kilometers long, keeps the array's sensors away from the ship's own noise sources, greatly improving its signal-to-noise ratio, and hence the effectiveness of detecting and tracking faint contacts, such as quiet, low noise-emitting submarine threats, or seismic signals. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Towed array sonarA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Influence of bioinspired riblet topographies on the mitigation of flow-induced noise in towed sonar arraysInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Performance degradation of a synthetic aperture sonar imaging system due to a time varying towed-array orientation and trajectoryThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Experimental performance of adaptive beamforming in a sonar environment with a towed array and moving interfering sourcesCited 69 times
- Go sideways: SonarA closely related topic
- Go sideways: AN/UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor SystemA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Experimental performance of adaptive beamforming in a sonar environment with a towed array and moving interfering sources
New towed-array shape-estimation scheme for real-time sonar systems
Optimization of route planning based on active towed array sonar for underwater search and rescue
Array shape estimation based on tug vehicle noise for towed linear array sonar during turning
Observability Criteron Guidance for Passive Towed Array Sonar Tracking
A computerized system for assessing towed array sonar functionality and detecting faults
Determining the probability of correct resolution of the left–right ambiguity in towed array sonar
Issues in the Design of Towed Array Sonar Systems
🆕 Influential since 2022
Influence of bioinspired riblet topographies on the mitigation of flow-induced noise in towed sonar arrays
Fast estimation of direction of arrival based on sparse Bayesian learning for towed array sonar during manoeuvring
Adaptive Array Shape Estimation and High-Resolution Sensing for AUV-Towed Linear Array Sonar During Turns
Noise Suppression of Towed Line Array Sonar Platform Based on Spatial Filtering Technique
Fault Detection and Prognostic Health monitoring of Towed array sonars
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Performance degradation of a synthetic aperture sonar imaging system due to a time varying towed-array orientation and trajectoryD. G. Checketts · 1987
- 📕Final suppelmental [i.e. supplemental] environmental impact statement for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar · 2007
- 📕Final overseas environmental impact statement and environmental impact statement for surveillance towed array sensor system low frequency active (SURTASS LFA) sonarUnited States. Navy Dept. · 2001
- 📕Draft overseas environmental impact statement and environmental impact statement for surveillance towed array sensor system low frequency active (SURTASS LFA) sonarUnited States. Navy Dept. · 1999
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals - Incidental to Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active SonarThe Law Library · 2019
Towed array performance in the littoral waters of Northern AustraliaJames A. M. Crouch · 1997
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