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Blinded Evaluation of Oceanic Sound Source Locations via Sequential Bound Estimation
Abstract
A non-linear, non-Bayesian method called sequential bound estimation (SBE) derived 100% confidence intervals of location (CIL) for 219 explosions in the ocean from measurements of their time differences of arrivals among five widely-spaced time-unsynchronized receivers on the ocean bottom. The explosion's locations were measured with the global positioning system. A blind evaluation revealed all 219 explosions were within their CIL. The probability this could happen by chance is 4 × 10−116. The explosions were detonated in shallow water on the eastern continental shelf of the U.S. over the so-called New England Mud Patch.
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BibTeX
@misc{spiesberger2026blinded,
title = {{Blinded Evaluation of Oceanic Sound Source Locations via Sequential Bound Estimation}},
author = {John L. Spiesberger and Julien Bonnel},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.22920},
eprint = {2609.22920},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.22920},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Blinded Evaluation of Oceanic Sound Source Locations via Sequential Bound Estimation
AU - John L. Spiesberger
AU - Julien Bonnel
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/19
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.22920
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.22920
AB - A non-linear, non-Bayesian method called sequential bound estimation (SBE) derived 100% confidence intervals of location (CIL) for 219 explosions in the ocean from measurements of their time differences of arrivals among five widely-spaced time-unsynchronized receivers on the ocean bottom. The explosion's locations were measured with the global positioning system. A blind evaluation revealed all 219 explosions were within their CIL. The probability this could happen by chance is 4 × 10^−116. The explosions were detonated in shallow water on the eastern continental shelf of the U.S. over the so-called New England Mud Patch.
ER -