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    Underwater noise from offshore oil production vessels

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    Authors
    Erbe, Christine
    McCauley, Robert
    McPherson, C.
    Gavrilov, Alexander
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Erbe, Christine and McCauley, Robert and McPherson, Craig and Gavrilov, Alexander. 2013. Underwater noise from offshore oil production vessels. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 133 (6): pp. EL465-EL470.
    Source Title
    Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
    DOI
    10.1121/1.4802183
    ISSN
    00014966
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    Copyright © 2013 Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32026
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Underwater acoustic recordings of six Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels moored off Western Australia are presented. Monopole source spectra were computed for use in environmental impact assessments of underwater noise. Given that operations on the FPSOs varied over the period of recording, and were sometimes unknown, the authors present a statistical approach to noise level estimation. No significant or consistent aspect dependence was found for the six FPSOs. Noise levels did not scale with FPSO size or power. The 5th, 50th (median), and 95th percentile source levels (broadband, 20 to 2500 Hz) were 188, 181, and 173 dB re 1 μPa @ 1 m, respectively.

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