Measurement and analysis of motor-noise in underwater glider

Abstract

Self-noise is a very disadvantageous factor for underwater glider to observe ocean ambient noise, in which the noise caused by motor is very significant. In order to grasp the characteristics of the motor-noise and its influence on the measurement of ocean ambient noise, a long-term sea trial was conducted in the South China Sea in May 2020, and the self-noise data of underwater glider under different working conditions are obtained. By analyzing the noise level and spectrum level of the motor noise, we obtained the self-noise spectrum characteristics and know that the influence of control motor noise on the noise measurement of head and tail hydrophone is mainly below 5 kHz band, and the influence of full-frequency noise level brought by motor is within 10dB and 5dB respectively. The results lay an important foundation for further analysis of ocean ambient noise measured by underwater glider.