Table 1 Parameters used in the MATLAB simulation.

Dimension of the sphere

2000 m

Distance between the acoustic sensors

0.45 m, 0.675 m, 0.95 m, 1 m, 1.275 m, 1.3 m, 1.5 m, 2 m, 2.075 m (can be varied)

Speed of propagation, S_P

1500 m/s

Sampling rate, S_R

60 kSa/s

Absorption coefficient, a

1 dBm⁻¹

dispersion factor, k

0

Number of bins, b

17, 26, 37, 39, 50, 51, 59, 79, 82 (can be varied)

Number of iterations

500

Considered distribution

Uniform random distribution