Table 1. Source characteristics of the airgun operated at different combinations of pressure and volume.
10 in3 airgun | 25 in3 airgun | 40 in3 airgun | ||||
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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.