Superdirective beamforming applied to SWellEx96 horizontal arrays data for source localization

Arrays employing superdirective beamforming can provide the same directivity and directivity index (or array gain) with less aperture as a large size array using conventional beamforming (CBF). Superdirective arrays offer a practical and significant improvement in the reception of low frequency signals and is useful for many applications where the array size is limited, such as a miniature microphone array or an underwater acoustic array with a limited aperture. Deconvolving the CBF is a method of superdirective beamforming. The improvement in directivity (beam width) and array gain is studied/illustrated using the SWellEx96 horizontal array data where only sub-arrays are used.