Modular processing system for geoacoustic sensing

A system for analyzing a plurality of channels of data received from an array of acoustic sensors comprising:

• a data acquisition system capable of receiving and independently processing each channel of data;
• a low-level processing section joined to receive each channel of processed data from said data acquisition system, said low-level processing section capable of detecting and identifying a signal of interest in one channel of data;
• a target tracking section joined to said low-level processing section and being capable of tracking detected signals across multiple channels of data and over time;
• an event database joined to said low-level processing section to receive the detected and identified signals of interest from said low-level processing section, and being further joined to said target tracking section;
• an alert generation section joined to said event database, said alert generation section being capable of analyzing data occurring over a preset duration of time and across multiple channels of data and determining if the signals warrant providing an alert, said alert generation section providing data analysis to said event database;
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• an operator machine interface joined to said event database for providing data analysis, alerts and detected and identified signals of interest.