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简介：Toaimattheproblemthatthehorizontaldirectivityindexofthevectorhydrophoneverticalarrayisnothigherthanthatofavectorhydrophone,thehigh-resolutionazimuthestimationalgorithmbasedonthedatafusionmethodwaspresented.TheproposedalgorithmfirstemploysMUSICalgorithmtoestimatetheazimuthofeachdividedsub-bandsignal,andthentheestimatedazimuthsofmultiplehydrophonesareprocessedbyusingthedatafusiontechnique.Thehigh-resolutionestimatedresultisachievedfinallybyadoptingtheweightedhistogramstatisticsmethod.TheresultsofthesimulationandseatrialsindicatedthattheproposedalgorithmhasbetterazimuthestimationperformancethanMUSICalgorithmofasinglevectorhydrophoneandthedatafusiontechniquebasedontheacousticenergyfluxmethod.Thebetterperformanceisreflectedintheaspectsoftheestimationprecision,theprobabilityofcorrectestimation,thecapabilitytodistinguishmulti-objectsandtheinhibitionofthenoisesub-bands.