Method and system for conducting near-field source localization

A method for determining a source location comprising:

• dividing a sensor array into at least one subarray;
• determining, for each subarray and for each sensor in each subarray, times of source signal arrivals relative to each sensor in the subarray;
• receiving, by the array, infrasonic signals;
• applying an analytical seed method to the source signal arrival times for each subarray;
• building a simplex from the results of the analytical seed method;
• and
• determining a location using an optimization procedure.

A system for determining a source location comprising:

• a sensor array comprising at least four sensors;
• a computing device in communication with the sensor array wherein the computing device comprises:
• a memory element;
• a processor coupled to the memory element wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of:
• receiving, by the sensor array, infrasonic signals;
• determining, for each sensor, times of source signal arrivals relative to each sensor in the sensor array;
• applying an analytical seed method to the relative source signal arrival times;
• building a simplex from the results of the analytical seed method;
• and
• determining a source location using an optimization procedure.

A computer readable medium with computer readable instructions embodied thereon for determining a source location comprising:

• determining, for each sensor, times of source signal arrivals relative to each sensor in a sensor array;
• receiving, by the sensor array, infrasonic signals;
• applying an analytical seed method to the relative source signal arrival times;
• building a simplex from the results of the analytical seed method;
• and
• determining a source location using an optimization procedure.