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A Monte-Carlo method is used to calibrate a randomly placed sensor node using helicopter sounds. The calibration is based on using the GPS information from the helicopter and the estimated DOA's at the node. The related Cramer-Rao lower bound is derived and the effects of the GPS errors on the position estimates are derived. Issues related to the processing of the field data, e.g., time synchronization and data nonstationarity are discussed. The effects of the GPS errors are shown to be negligible under certain conditions. Finally, the results of the calibration on field data are given.
