Coherent processing of shipping noise for ocean monitoring
Author(s) -
Shane Lani,
Karim G. Sabra,
William S. Hodgkiss,
W. A. Kuperman,
Philippe Roux
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of the acoustical society of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1520-8524
pISSN - 0001-4966
DOI - 10.1121/1.4776775
Subject(s) - beamforming , noise (video) , ambient noise level , broadband , wavefront , acoustics , tracking (education) , environmental science , computer science , geology , remote sensing , physics , telecommunications , optics , artificial intelligence , psychology , pedagogy , image (mathematics) , sound (geography)
Ambient noise was recorded on two vertical line arrays (VLAs) separated by 450 m and deployed in shallow water (depth ~150 m) off San Diego, CA continuously for 6 days. Recordings were dominated by non-stationary and non-uniform broadband shipping noise (250 Hz to 1.5 kHz). Stable coherent noise wavefronts were extracted from ambient noise correlations between the VLAs during all 6 days by mitigating the effect of discrete shipping events and using array beamforming with data-derived steering vectors. This procedure allows the tracking of arrival-time variations of these coherent wavefronts during 6 days and may help in developing future passive acoustic tomography systems.
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