Deep Towed Acoustics Geophysics System (IMAGE)

Naval Research Laboratory

Deep Towed Acoustics Geophysics System

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NRL scientists and R/V Cape Hatteras crew deploy the Deep Towed Acoustics Geophysics System (DTAGS) after it is outfitted with an aluminum landing plate that couples the sound energy generated by DTAGS directly into the seafloor. The large orange sphere is one of the floats used in the seafloor-mounted vertical hydrophone arrays, which listened to the sounds generated by DTAGS and their echoes off the seafloor.

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