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. 2015 Jul 27;10(7):e0133436. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133436

Table 1. Source characteristics of the airgun operated at different combinations of pressure and volume.

10 in3 airgun 25 in3 airgun 40 in3 airgun
low high low high low high
D-duration (ms) 19 20 40 21 48 21
38 20 76 20 50 21
84 18 78 53 49 21
167 19 76 100 48 21
L pp (dB re 1μPa) 180 182 178 184 182 187
179 183 179 183 182 188
178 183 178 184 182 188
176 182 179 184 182 188
188
L eq-fast (dB re 1μPa) 161 161 159 163 162 167
160 162 160 163 162 167
160 161 160 164 162 167
159 161 160 165 162 168
168
SEL (dB re 1μPa 2 s) 152 152 151 154 153 159
153 153 151 155 154 160
153 152 151 155 153 159
152 153 151 156 153 159
159
f peak (Hz) 34 113 89 6 6 39
36 113 90 46 5 40
38 5 90 42 79 40
39 5 90 8 79 40
40
BW -3dB (Hz) 3 111 86 41 103 3
3 7 56 5 0 4
3 110 86 3 3 4
3 3 57 84 3 4
5
BW -10dB (Hz) 64 211 172 152 185 47
36 206 173 150 101 151
39 240 146 178 154 152
8 160 170 152 154 120
154

Unweighted values are given for 4–5 recordings of airgun pulses for different combinations of airgun volume and output pressure obtained at a range of 120 m from the airgun.