A networked/autonomous receiving array system

Author

Skinner, J.D. ; Hodgkiss, W.S.

Author_Institution

Marine Phys. Lab., Scripps Instn. of Oceanogr., San Diego, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

15-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A new hydrophone array and recording system has been developed at the SIO Marine Physical Laboratory for the collection of multi-channel broadband acoustic data at sea. Five of these systems have been constructed and successfully deployed at sea from a variety of research ships during several recent experiments. The typical array configuration is 16 elements at 3.75 m spacing for a total aperture of 56.25 m, but the arrays can be reconfigured with up to 64 hydrophones at any element spacing. The system can be deployed in a completely autonomous fashion or in conjunction with a surface buoy that provides remote system control and access to acoustic data files. The technical details of the arrays and recording systems as well as the different deployment configurations and techniques will be provided. In addition, a general description of the use of these systems for geoacoustic inversion and acoustic data communications research will be provided.

Keywords

acoustic receivers; data acquisition; hydrophones; oceanographic equipment; telecontrol; acoustic data communication; distance 3.75 m; geoacoustic inversion; hydrophone array; hydrophone recording system; multichannel broadband acoustic data; networked autonomous receiving array system; remote system control; Acoustic arrays; Apertures; Communication system control; Control systems; Data communication; Geoacoustic inversion; Laboratories; Marine vehicles; Sea surface; Sonar equipment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2008

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2619-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2620-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2008.5151902

Filename

5151902