Modeling RF and acoustic signal propagation in complex environments

D. Keith Wilson; Daniel J. Breton; Ross E. Alter; Lauren E. Waldrop; Wesley M. Barnes; Michael B. Muhlestein; Vladimir E. Ostashev

doi:10.1117/12.2311592

4 May 2018 Modeling RF and acoustic signal propagation in complex environments

D. Keith Wilson, Daniel J. Breton, Ross E. Alter, Lauren E. Waldrop, Wesley M. Barnes, Michael B. Muhlestein, Vladimir E. Ostashev

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Proceedings Volume 10635, Ground/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR IX; 1063519 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311592
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2018, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A computational framework is described for modeling acoustic and radio-frequency (RF) signal propagation in complex environments, such as urban, mountainous, and forested terrain. In such environments, the influences of three-dimensional atmospheric fields and terrain variations must be addressed. The approach described here involves creation of a full environmental data representation (abstraction layer), which can be initialized with many different environmental data resources, including weather forecasts, digital terrain elevations, landcover types, and soil properties. The environmental representation is then converted into the parameters needed for particular signal modalities and classes of propagation algorithms. In this manner, execution of the signal propagation calculations is isolated from the sources of environmental data, so that all models will function with all types of environmental data. The formulation of the acoustic (infrasound and audible) and RF (VHF/UHF/SHF) feature spaces is also described. Example calculations involving infrasound propagation with 3D weather fields and RF propagation in mountainous terrain are provided.

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D. Keith Wilson, Daniel J. Breton, Ross E. Alter, Lauren E. Waldrop, Wesley M. Barnes, Michael B. Muhlestein, and Vladimir E. Ostashev "Modeling RF and acoustic signal propagation in complex environments", Proc. SPIE 10635, Ground/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR IX, 1063519 (4 May 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311592

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