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. 2026 Sep 8;26(18):5685. doi: 10.3390/s26185685
Symbol Description Unit
p(r,t) Time-domain sound pressure Pa
P(r,ω) Frequency-domain sound pressure Pa·s
c Speed of sound (343 m/s) m/s
k Wavenumber (=ω/c) rad/m
ω Angular frequency rad/s
f Acoustic frequency Hz
G(r,r0,ω) Free-space Green’s function m−1
Gtotal Total Green’s function with ground reflection m−1
α Ground-reflection coefficient —
r0 True source position (x0,y0,z0) m
r0′ Image-source position (x0,y0,−z0) m
r Observation point m
pm Position of m-th microphone m
M Number of microphones —
d Microphone spacing m
D Array aperture m
λ Wavelength m
Xm(ω) Frequency-domain signal at m-th microphone Pa·s
Nm(ω) Noise at m-th microphone Pa·s
wm Channel weight —
τm(p) Propagation delay from source candidate p to m-th microphone s
P(p) Spatial spectrum at candidate position p —
ps Estimated source position m
fs Sampling rate Hz
N Frame length samples
Δt Frame interval s
σf Decay rate of frequency weighting function Hz