Trains, planes, & fishing boats: a geophone sensor for underwater acoustics

Authors

  • D.M.F. Chapman Defence Res. Establ. Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS, Canada

Keywords:

oceanographic equipment, seismometers, underwater sound, ocean acousticians, hydrophones, pressure sensors, very-low-frequency measurements, seabed, transducers, geophones, velocity sensors, shear waves, underwater acoustic experiments

Abstract

Usually, ocean acousticians use hydrophones (i.e. pressure sensors) for very-low-frequency measurements, either placed on the seabed or suspended in the water. Occasionally, they use transducers that sense the particle velocity associated with the acoustic wave in the water. Some investigators have been using geophones (i.e., velocity sensors) coupled to the seabed itself. Geophones measure the motion at the seabed, which can be different from that in the adjacent water mass. In particular, geophones-unlike hydrophones-can sense the propagation of shear waves in the seabed. Seismologists have been using geophones in their Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) packages for years. The author describes the configuration, testing, and calibration of an OBS for underwater acoustic experiments

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Published

1992-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Chapman D. Trains, planes, & fishing boats: a geophone sensor for underwater acoustics. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 1992 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 10];20(3):61-2. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/736

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (1992)

Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

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