Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Notation conventions, function, and transform definitions -- Part I Sonar and underwater acoustics -- 1 Introduction to underwater acoustic signal processing -- 2 Sonar systems and the sonar equation -- 3 Underwater acoustics -- Part II Systems, signal processing, and mathematical statistics background -- 4 Linear systems and signal processing -- 5 Mathematical statistics -- 6 Statistical signal processing -- Part III Detection in underwater acoustics -- 7 Underwater acoustic signal and noise modeling -- 8 Detecting signals with known form: Matched filters -- 9 Detecting signals with unknown form: Energy detectors -- 10 Detecting signals with unknown duration and/or starting time: Sequential detectors -- Index.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the detection and processing of signals in underwater acoustics. Background material on active and passive sonar systems, underwater acoustics, and statistical signal processing makes the book a self-contained and valuable resource for graduate students, researchers, and active practitioners alike. Signal detection topics span a range of common signal types including signals of known form such as active sonar or communications signals; signals of unknown form, including passive sonar and narrowband signals; and transient signals such as marine mammal vocalizations. This text, along with its companion volume on beamforming, provides a thorough treatment of underwater acoustic signal processing that speaks to its author's broad experience in the field.