The invention discloses an
underwater heat source detection and location method based on
water body hierarchical filtering, and belongs to the crossing field of marine science, thermal
physics and
pattern recognition, the method is used for hierarchically filtering the
water body, filtering depth is determined through an
optimal criterion, and a specific location of the
underwater heat source is accurately reflected. The method comprises a step for
thermal radiation simulation of an
underwater heat source in a
water body, a step for actually measuring and acquiring an
infrared image of an underwater target, a step for hierarchically filtering the water body and a step for detecting and locating the underwater heat source. According to the invention, a thermal field model of a hierarchical ocean water body is established, a thermal field model of a simplified underwater heat source including an
underwater vehicle is further established, and a result of the thermal field model of the underwater heat source in the water body can prove that
thermal radiation of the water body is hierarchically distributed; according to the acquired
infrared image and the hierarchical theory of the water body
thermal radiation, the water body hierarchical filtering method can be used for performing detection and location of the underwater heat source, and precision of detection and location is improved.