通过使用海洋观测所倡议的水声机对海洋地震反射调查的被动测量
Alexander S Douglass1, Shima Abadi1
1School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|February 6, 2025
概括
海洋地震调查显著增加了海洋噪音,影响了数百公里外的环境声景. 这些噪音污染的影响仍然存在,即使在相似距离的声音压力水平有很大的差异.
科学领域:
- 海洋声学 海洋声学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 环境声学环境声学
背景情况:
- 持续的声学监测对于了解海洋声音景观至关重要.
- 海洋地震反射调查利用气炮阵列,产生强烈的水下声音.
- 海洋观测站倡议 (OOI) 在东北太平洋收集关键的声学数据.
研究的目的:
- 量化海洋地震反射调查对环境海洋声音的影响.
- 分析地震勘测操作与声场变化之间的关系.
- 评估地震调查噪音污染的空间和时间范围.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自不同深度的三个传感器的OOI水声数据.
- 分析了两次地震调查 (MGL1905,MGL2104) 的声学测量以及巡航文档.
- 采用64kHz的采样速率来捕捉详细的声场变化.
主要成果:
- 抗震气枪在多个三分之一八度频段中增加了平均环境声音水平高达30dB.
- 声学冲击可以在距离调查操作数百公里的地方检测到.
- 暴露于声音和压力水平表现出显著的变化 (≥10dB),即使在类似的范围.
结论:
- 海洋地震调查导致海洋环境噪声的大幅度,广泛升高.
- 地震调查的声学足迹远远超出了直接的调查区域.
- 了解这些影响对于海洋生态系统健康和声学监测至关重要.
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