简介：Thesonarsystemswhichworkinshallowwaterenvironmentsuffergreatlyfrominfluencesofoceanicnoises,acousticpropagationseesawandmultipath.Withshallowwaterenvironmentandhigherrange-bearingresolutionofsonarsystems,therearenotenoughindependentscattererswithinaresolutioncellforthecentrallimittheoremtohold.Thereverberationenvelopeprobabilitydensityfunction(pdf)divergesfromRayleighpdf.Thenon-Rayleighpdfwithheaviertailsiscomplicated,anditisdifficulttoestimatethefunctionparametersaccuratelyinrealtime.WithCFAR(ConstantFalseAlarmRate)processingofthereverberationenvelopedata,whichattenuatestheheaviertailsdatavaluestotheestimatedbackgroundpowervalues,thedatareverberationistransformedfromnon-RayleighdistributiontoapproximatelyRayleighdistribution.Sinceitgetsridoftheinterferenceswhichaffecttheestimationofbackgroundpower,thedetectorcanestimatetheoceanicbackgroundpowerlevelmoreaccurately.Withtherationalestimationofbackgroundpowerlevel,theCFARdetectioncapabilityisbetterandrobust.Withprocessingofhighresolutionsonardata,itisshownthattheproposedalgorithmisefficient.