Research Article

Investigation of Range Profiles from a Simplified Ship on Rough Sea Surface and Its Multipath Imaging Mechanisms

Table 1

Comparison of simulated and expected range locations.

PeakCurrent termsCurrentRay theoryError
simulationprediction
Simulated (m)Expected (m)

−30.15−30.11280.0372
−29.7−29.7128−0.0128
−25.65−25.7128−0.0628
−22.05−22.1128−0.0628
−4.5−4.5227−0.0227
−9.15−9.1581−0.0081
1′ −19.35−19.32050.0295
2′ −18.3−18.23990.0601
3′ −17.55−17.5627−0.0127
1′′ −12.75−12.7978−0.0478
2′′ −10.05−10.11840.0684
3′′ −0.9−0.9194−0.0194
4′′ −0.15−0.24220.0922
5′′ 4.54.52270.0227