Continuous analysis of the acoustic marine noise: A graphic language approach

Abstract

Noise level in a marine environment has become an important topic of research for the scientific community as legislations in some countries have been increasingly severe in this field. Human-generated sound in the sea comes from a variety of inevitable sources, including commercial ship traffic, oil and gas exploration and production, marine and coastal construction, and hydro-acoustic research. The main objective of this work is to present a developed LabVIEW®-based interface virtual instrument that can assist in the acquisition and interpretation of data in a typical acoustic impact analysis in a marine environment. While other programming languages use text-based routines, LabVIEW uses a graphical programming language, G, allowing for a simple and customizable solution for underwater sound acquisition. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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