Quiet geophysical construction practices for reduced diameter streamers
AssigneeWhitehall Corporation
InventorRobert D. Skorheim
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Abstract
A hydrophone module for a towed hydrophone array. The module comprises: (1) an elongated hydrophone module housing having a desired hydrophone group center associated therewith and (2) a plurality of hydrophone elements located substantially aperiodically along a length of the housing and electrically coupled together in a hydrophone group, the hydrophone group having an actual hydrophone group center proximate the desired hydrophone group center to thereby allow locations of the plurality of hydrophone elements to be altered without dislocating the actual hydrophone group center. Individual hydrophone elements within the group may therefore be moved within the module without disturbing the actual hydrophone group center.
Claims10
A hydrophone module, comprising:
- an elongated hydrophone module housing having a desired hydrophone group center associated therewith;
- a plurality of hydrophone elements located substantially aperiodically along a length of said housing and electrically coupled together in a hydrophone group, said hydrophone group having an actual hydrophone group center proximate said desired hydrophone group center to thereby allow locations of said plurality of hydrophone elements to be altered without dislocating said actual hydrophone group center;
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- communication circuitry located along a length of said module housing and an external device coupled to an exterior of said module housing and proximate to said communication circuitry, said external device capable of generating interference in proximate ones of said plurality of hydrophone elements, said locations of said plurality of hydrophone elements alterable away from said external device to thereby avoid said interference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.