Williams, MickKennedy, RodneyAbhayapala, Thushara2015-12-132015-12-13May 14-19142440469Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/88287We propose a new broadband beamformer design technique which produces an optimal beampattern for any set of samples in space and time. The modal subspace decomposition (MSD) technique is based on projecting a desired pattern into the subspace of patternsKeywords: Dense arrays; Modal subspace decomposition (MSD); Space time sampling positions; Spot pattern design; Array processing; Mean square error; Space time adaptive processing; Beamforming20062015-12-12