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Variability of radiated underwater noise measurements for a small research vessel in shallow water

Variability of radiated underwater noise measurements for a small research vessel in shallow water
Variability of radiated underwater noise measurements for a small research vessel in shallow water
The increased interest in the potential environmental impact of noise from shipping is resulting in the development of measurement methods for determining the radiated noise level and equivalent monopole source level of vessels. It is important to understand the random and systematic uncertainties associated with such techniques. The EU SONIC project provided an opportunity to make repeated measurements on the University of Newcastle research vessel, the Princess Royal, in a shallow water environment (100 m deep) over a number of days. Two multiple hydrophone arrays operated by two of the project partners, CETENA and the University of Southampton, were deployed from the same moored support vessel. This data is reviewed to illustrate the variation associated with such measurements and the impact of using multiple hydrophones and multiple measurement runs on the uncertainty in the radiated noise level and the calculated source level. The results are also compared with a later measurements of the same vessel in a different shallow water environment (20 m deep) using bottom moored hydrophones.
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Humphrey, Victor
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Brooker, A.
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Humphrey, Victor
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Brooker, A.
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Humphrey, Victor and Brooker, A. (2019) Variability of radiated underwater noise measurements for a small research vessel in shallow water. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146 (4), [3061]. (doi:10.1121/1.5137625).

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Abstract

The increased interest in the potential environmental impact of noise from shipping is resulting in the development of measurement methods for determining the radiated noise level and equivalent monopole source level of vessels. It is important to understand the random and systematic uncertainties associated with such techniques. The EU SONIC project provided an opportunity to make repeated measurements on the University of Newcastle research vessel, the Princess Royal, in a shallow water environment (100 m deep) over a number of days. Two multiple hydrophone arrays operated by two of the project partners, CETENA and the University of Southampton, were deployed from the same moored support vessel. This data is reviewed to illustrate the variation associated with such measurements and the impact of using multiple hydrophones and multiple measurement runs on the uncertainty in the radiated noise level and the calculated source level. The results are also compared with a later measurements of the same vessel in a different shallow water environment (20 m deep) using bottom moored hydrophones.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 13 November 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 442252
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442252
ISSN: 0001-4966
PURE UUID: 234b82b1-982e-46ba-8cf0-484bf4c8376c
ORCID for Victor Humphrey: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3580-5373

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Date deposited: 10 Jul 2020 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:57

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Author: Victor Humphrey ORCID iD
Author: A. Brooker

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