Equipment Flashcards
Sparker
M-UHRS and S-UHRS
UHRS
Ultra High Resolution Seismic
S-UHRS
Single Channel Ultra High Resolution Seismic
M-UHRS
Multichannel Ultra High Resolution Seismic
IR
Thermal Imaging Technology Infrared
MBES
Multi-beam Echo Sounder
NVB
Night Vision Binoculars
SBP
Sub-bottom Profiler
SSS
Side Scan Sonar
USBL
Ultra-short Base Line
WTG
Wind Turbine Generators
HRG
High Resolution Geophysical
Innomar
SBP
These equipment produce sound between:
0.5 and 35kHz
Standard unit of acoustic pressure:
micro Pascal (µPa)
µPa
micro Pascal, one millionth of a Pascal
dB re
Decibel—a logarithmic measure of the relative amplitude of two quantities
Source levels between:
188 and 323 dB re 1 μPa at 1m (RMS)
unit of frequency
Hz
one cycle per second
Hz
Which equipment has the capacity to generate sounds within the hearing range of marine mammals?
SBP, USBL, UHRS
Which equipment can be detected by marine mammals over several hundred meters?
SBP, USBL, UHRS
If equipment is operating under this frequency, it must be mitigated.
<200kHz
Can the USBL ramp up?
No.