Abstract
Ocean ambient noise always presents spatial difference because of the diversity of the noise source and the propagation condition. This paper analyzes the noise spectrum level (NL) of two stations measured in offshore China, and finds that the difference of the two NL is more than 10 dB with different variation for per octave. Through analyze the NL and the transmission loss level (TL) from the noise source to the measuring station, a correlation is found between the noise level difference (NLD) and transmission loss difference (TLD), with a correlation coefficient of 0.78 at the band of 50 Hz ~500 Hz. This is a strong proof to connect the spatial variation of NL with the varied propagation channel, and also suggests that at this band the ambient noise is closely related to the ship noise sources. In addition, the difference of the ship noise source level coincides with the number of vessels before and after the fishing moratorium period in China, which further explains the difference between the NL of two experimental stations are highly related to ships.
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