High resolution source localization in underwater acoustics for deep sea mining monitoring

The objective is to establish the feasibility of an underwater system for estimating acoustic noise generated by seafloor mining in deep water and to evaluate its impact on marine life. We show in this article, several steps: the first is the design of the array, the second concerns validation of the performance (localization and source power estimation) from real data recorded in situ -shallow water. We propose several algorithms as conventional beamforming and MUSIC algorithms in 3D (x,y,z).