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Study Summary

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W hale w atching boats and sm all vessel underw ater noise

m easurem ents study

Southern resident killer whales frequent Haro St rait during the sum m er m onths to feed.

This area support s an act ive com m unity of recreat ional boaters and whale watching

organizat ions, as well as internat ional shipping routes. Underwater noise from ships

increases am bient noise levels and can interfere with the abilit y of whales to feed and

com m unicate.

To invest igate the underwater noise levels of whale watching boats and other sm all vessels

that operate in the Salish Sea near southern resident killer whales (SRKW) sum m er feeding

habitat , the Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observat ion (ECHO) Program and Fisheries

and Oceans Canada supported a sm all vessel underwater noise m easurem ent study in Haro

St rait . I n parallel with another study m easuring underwater noise levels from large piloted

com m ercial ships in Haro St rait , this study was undertaken to bet ter understand the

underwater noise em issions from sm all boats and vessels.

This sum m ary docum ent describes how and why the proj ect was conducted, and it s key

findings and conclusions.

W hat quest ions w as the study t rying to answ er?

The study aim ed to establish high-qualit y noise level m easurem ents for whale watching

boats and sm all vessels, and evaluate the relat ionship between speed and sound levels from

the boats, especially at higher frequencies relevant to SRKW com m unicat ion (500 to 15,000

Hz) and echolocat ion (above 15,000 Hz) .

W ho conducted the project?

JASCO Applied Sciences (Canada) Ltd. was retained by the

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and Fisheries and Oceans

Canada to conduct the study, using the listening stat ions

deployed in Haro St rait as part of the larger 2017

voluntary vessel slowdown t r ial.

W hat m ethods w ere used?

The ECHO Program sponsored the deploym ent of two

underwater listening stat ions in Haro St rait from July to

October 2017 to m easure sound levels produced m ainly by

com m ercial ships t ransit ing the st rait .

Several whale watching boats and other sm all vessels

volunteered to perform t ransits past the two underwater listening stat ions. The study

included 20 boats and sm all vessels, of which eleven were whale watching boats. Passes

were recorded from six different vessel types including: four r idged-hull inflatable boats

(RHI Bs) , ten m onohulls, two catam arans, two sailboats, a landing craft and a sm all boat

with a 9.9 HP outboard engine. Part icipat ing boats perform ed at least two t ransits past one

of the underwater listening stat ions at each of t he predeterm ined speeds: 5 knots, 9 knots

and cruising speed.

The underwater listening

stat ion in Haro Strait captured

noise levels of vessels t ransit ing the area.

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VANCOUVER FRASER PORT AUTHORITY | ECHO Program Study Sum m ary

This report is provided for interest only. I t s contents are solely owned by the Vancouver Fraser Port Author ity ECHO Program.

Vancouver Fraser Port Author it y is not liable for any errors or om issions contained in this report nor any claim s ar ising from the use

of informat ion contained therein.

The listening stat ions were set t o m easure acoust ic data cont inuously, and were set to

m easure at a higher sam ple rate in the early m orning hours to capture the higher frequency

sound from whale watching boats and sm all vessels for the purpose of this study. Acoust ic

data were analyzed using the ShipSound m odule of JASCO Applied Science’s PortListen®

underwater noise m easurem ent software system . This software autom at ically calculates

sound levels from boats using calibrated hydrophone data and accurate boat and vessel

posit ion data according to the ANSI S12.64-2009 standard for ship noise m easurem ents.

W hat w ere the key findings?

Noise levels from several whale watching boats and other sm all vessels were m easured

while t ransit ing at m ult iple speeds past two underwater listening stat ions deployed in Haro

St rait .

Key findings include:

• I n general, noise levels from the boats and sm all vessels increased with speed for the

sm all boats included in this study; however, the t rends are not as st rong as those of

large com m ercial ships.

• At slow speeds, less than seven knots, m edian noise levels from the boats and sm all

vessels in the SRKW com m unicat ion band ranged from approxim ately 149 to 161 dB ( re

1 μPa2 @ 1m ) ; and in the SRKW echolocat ion band ranged from approxim ately 133 to

169 dB (re 1 μPa2 @ 1m). • At fast speeds, greater t han 15 knots, m edian noise levels from the boats and sm all

vessels in the SRKW com m unicat ion band were within 168 to 170 dB (re 1 μPa2 @ 1m);

and in the SRKW echolocat ion band ranged from approxim ately 155 to 162 dB ( re 1

μPa2 @ 1m). • The overall findings indicate a significant reduct ion in noise levels when boats are

conduct ing whale-watching act ivit ies at slow speeds, less than seven knots, com pared to

fast t ransit speeds of greater than 15 knots.

• As with the larger com m ercial ships, there was a st ronger speed-sound correlat ion in the

SRKW echolocat ion band than in lower- frequency bands, which is likely due to the

greater im portance of propeller cavitat ion noise relat ive to engine noise.

• Based on the lim ited num ber of boats and sm all vessels included in the study,

correlat ions were largely conducted on the m onohull boat type, which had the largest

sam ple size of t en unique boats. For these m onohull boats, speed through water had the

st rongest correlat ion with noise level from the boat , followed by propeller type and

vessel breadth in the SRKW com m unicat ion frequency range. Speed had the st rongest

correlat ion in the SRKW echolocat ion range, followed total horsepower and vessel

breadth.

• Onboard echosounders produced a significant peak at approxim ately 50 kHz for som e

vessels, which is within the m ost sensit ive hearing range of SRKW. I t is recom m ended

that vessels turn off their echosounders when in proxim ity to high- frequency hearing

m arine m am m als.

Conclusions

This project was inst rum ental in advancing the understanding of noise levels from whale

watching boats and sm all vessels t ransit ing in SRKW crit ical habitat , and how they vary with

speed. Although this is one of the m ost com prehensive sm all vessel noise em ission studies

to date, it should be noted that the findings are based on a relat ively sm all sam ple size per

vessel type.

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Whale Watch and Small Vessel Underwater Noise Measurements Study

Final Report

Submitted to:

Rangyn Lim

Krista Trounce Vancouver Fraser Port Authority ECHO Program Contract: 17-0070

Authors:

Jennifer Wladichuk David Hannay Alexander MacGillivray Zizheng Li

30 April 2018

P001368-002 Document 01522 Version 3.0

JASCO Applied Sciences (Canada) Ltd Suite 2305, 4464 Markham St. Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8 Canada

Tel: +1-250-483-3300 Fax: +1-250-483-3301

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Suggested citation:

Wladichuk, J., D. Hannay, A. MacGillivray, Z. Li. 2018. Whale Watch and Small Vessel Underwater Noise Measurements Study: Final Report. Document 01522, Version 3.0. Technical report by JASCO Applied Sciences for Vancouver Fraser Port Authority ECHO Program.

Disclaimer:

The results presented herein are relevant within the specific context described in this report. They could be misinterpreted if not considered in the light of all the information contained in this report. Accordingly, if information from this report is used in documents released to the public or to regulatory bodies, such documents must clearly cite the original report, which shall be made readily available to the recipients in integral and unedited form.

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Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 1

1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 3

2. METHODS ...................................................................................................................... 4

2.1. Whale Watch and Small Vessel Acoustic Emissions Study Overview ............................................. 4

2.2. Underwater Listening Stations .......................................................................................................... 6

2.3. ShipSound Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 9

2.4. Data Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 10

3. RESULTS ..................................................................................................................... 12

3.1. Measurement Summary .................................................................................................................. 12

3.2. Effects of Speed on Source Levels ................................................................................................. 13

3.2.1. Individual vessel analysis ..................................................................................................... 13

3.2.2. Vessel type analysis ............................................................................................................ 19

3.3. Third-Octave Band Levels............................................................................................................... 21

3.3.1. Individual vessel analysis ..................................................................................................... 21

3.3.2. Vessel type analysis ............................................................................................................ 21

3.4. Statistical Analysis for Monohull Vessels ........................................................................................ 23

4. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION ..................................................................................... 25

GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................... 27

LITERATURE CITED .......................................................................................................... 30

APPENDIX A. DISCARDED MEASUREMENTS ....................................................................... A-1

APPENDIX B. SPL TABLES OF ACCEPTED MEASUREMENTS ................................................ A-1

APPENDIX C. ONE-THIRD OCTAVE BAND LEVELS PER VESSEL ........................................... A-7

APPENDIX D. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS PLOTS .................................................................. D-68

Figures Figure 1. Underwater listening station locations in Haro Strait. .................................................................... 5

Figure 2. Schematic diagram of the study methodology ............................................................................... 6

Figure 3. Haro Strait ULS mooring. ............................................................................................................... 7

Figure 4. Left: R/V Richardson Point. Right: Deploying the ULS moorings. ................................................. 8

Figure 5. Spectrogram of a single vessel measurement from ShipSound ................................................... 9

Figure 6. Background noise comparison and adjustment process. ............................................................ 10

Figure 7. Radiated Noise Level (RNL) broadband [10 Hz to 64 kHz] versus speed for each vessel separated by type .................................................................................................................................. 13

Figure 8 Radiated Noise Level (RNL) [0.5–15 kHz] versus speed for each vessel .................................... 14

Figure 9. Radiated Noise Level (RNL) [15+ kHz] versus speed for each vessel ........................................ 15

Figure 10. Monopole Source Level (MSL) broadband [10 Hz to 64 kHz] versus speed for each vessel ... 16

Figure 11. Monopole Source Level (MSL) [0.5–15 kHz] versus speed for each vessel ............................. 17

Figure 12. Monopole Source Level (MSL) [15+ kHz] versus speed for each vessel .................................. 18

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Figure 13: Average Cv values for RNL (circles) and MSL (triangles) for all vessel types in the SRKW communication band. Cv represents the change in source level per logarithm of the speed increase ratio, so higher Cv means a greater noise emissions increase with vessel speed increase.................................................................................................................................................. 19

Figure 14: Box and whisker plot presenting RNL in the SRKW communication band [0.5 – 15 kHz] for each vessel type for slow speed passes (less than 7 kn) ...................................................................... 20

Figure 15: Box and whisker plot presenting RNL in the SRKW echolocation band [14 – 64 kHz] for each vessel type for slow speed passes (less than 7 kn) ...................................................................... 20

Figure 16. Example RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V01 ................................ 21

Figure 17. Mean one-third octave band RNL for each vessel type............................................................. 22

Figure 18. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V02 ..............................................A-7

Figure 19. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V03 ..............................................A-8

Figure 20. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V04 ..............................................A-8

Figure 21. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V05 ..............................................A-9

Figure 22. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V06 ..............................................A-9

Figure 23. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V07 ............................................A-10

Figure 24. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V08 ............................................A-10

Figure 25. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V09 ............................................A-11

Figure 26. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V10 ............................................A-11

Figure 27. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V11 ............................................A-12

Figure 28. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V12 ............................................A-12

Figure 29. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V13 ............................................A-13

Figure 30. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V14 ............................................A-13

Figure 31. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V15 ............................................A-14

Figure 32. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V16 ............................................A-14

Figure 33. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V17 ............................................A-15

Figure 34. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V18 ............................................A-15

Figure 35. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V19 ............................................A-16

Figure 36. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V20 ............................................A-16

Figure 37. Correlation matrix for vessel parameters and RNL for the SRKW communication band (500 Hz – 15 kHz) .............................................................................................................................. D-68

Figure 38. Correlation matrix for various vessel parameters and RNL for the SRKW echolocation band (14 – 64 kHz) ............................................................................................................................ D-69

Tables Table 1. Daily (repeated every 24 hours) recording schedule on the Haro Strait ULS AMARs. .................. 7

Table 2. Haro Strait ULS mooring deployment and retrieval details. ............................................................ 8

Table 3. Participant vessel specifications and number of accepted measurements. ................................. 12

Table 4. Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) from the correlation analysis including SRKW communication band .............................................................................................................................. 23

Table 5. Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) from the correlation analysis including SRKW echolocation band .................................................................................................................................. 24

Table 6. Average source level (RNL) for each vessel type ......................................................................... 25

Table A-1. Vessel passes that were discarded from the study, due primarily to low signal to noise ratio. ......................................................................................................................................................A-1

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Table B-1. All accepted vessel pass measurements .................................................................................A-1

Table C-1. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V01 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) A-17

Table C-2. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V01 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) A-18

Table C-3. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V02 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) A-19

Table C-4. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V02 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) A-20

Table C-5. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V03 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) A-22

Table C-6. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V03 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) A-23

Table C-7. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V04 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) A-24

Table C-8. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V04 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) A-25

Table C-9. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V05 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) A-27

Table C-10. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V05 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-28

Table C-11. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V06 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-29

Table C-12. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V06 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-31

Table C-13. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V07 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-32

Table C-14. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V07 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-33

Table C-15. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V08 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-34

Table C-16. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V08 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-36

Table C-17. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V09 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-37

Table C-18. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V09 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-38

Table C-19. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V10 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-39

Table C-20. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V10 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-41

Table C-21. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V11 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-42

Table C-22. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V11 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-43

Table C-23. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V12 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-44

Table C-24. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V12 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-46

Table C-25. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V13 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-47

Table C-26. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V13 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-48

Table C-27. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V14 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-49

Table C-28. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V14 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-51

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Table C-29. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V15 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-52

Table C-30. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V15 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-53

Table C-31. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V16 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-54

Table C-32. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V16 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-56

Table C-33. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V17 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-57

Table C-34. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V17 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-58

Table C-35. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V18 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-59

Table C-36. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V18 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-61

Table C-37. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V19 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-62

Table C-38. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V19 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-63

Table C-39. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V20 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-64

Table C-40. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V20 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m) .....................................................................................................................................................A-66

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Executive Summary

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation (ECHO) program sponsored the deployment of two autonomous marine acoustic recorders (AMAR) in Haro Strait, B.C., Canada, from July to October 2017 to measure sound levels produced mainly by commercial vessels transiting the strait. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), a partner in ECHO, supported an add-on study using these same underwater listenening stations to make underwater noise emission measurements of whale watch and other small vessels that operate in the Salish Sea near Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) summer feeding habitat. Several whale watch vessels and other small vessels volunteered to perform transits past the two calibrated underwater listening stations deployed on the seafloor adjacent to the shipping lanes. During this period, 20 different small vessels were measured operating at a range of speeds (nominally 5 knots, 9 knots, and cruising speed) to examine how speed effects each vessel’s noise emissions. The measured vessels were catagorized into 6 vessel types based primarily on hull shape: ridged-hull inflatable boats (RHIBs), monohulls, catamarans, sail boats, landing craft, and one small boat with a 9.9 HP outboard engine. Acoustic data were analyzed using the ShipSound module of JASCO Applied Science’s PortListen® underwater noise measurement software system. This software automatically calculates source levels from calibrated hydrophone data and accurate vessel position data according to the ANSI S12.64-2009 standard for ship noise measurements. Although this is the most comprehensive small vessel acoustic emission study to date, due to the relatively small sample size a correlation analysis was performed instead of a multivariate analysis to examine the dependence of vessel variables on the source level (SL). A correlation analysis, which examines the linear dependence of two variables, was performed on the monohull vessels due to the higher number (n = 11) of individual vessels participating in the study. This analysis could not be performed on the other classes due to small sample size.

Key conclusions:

• At slow speeds (≤7 knots) in the SRKW communication band (0.5 – 15 kHz), monohulls had the lowest median source level (SL) (148.6 dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1m) of the participating vessels, followed

closely by RHIBs (152.7 dB re 1 Pa2 @ 1m) and the 9.9 HP outboard (152.0 Pa2 @ 1m). The catamarans had the highest SL (161.1 dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1m).

• At slow speeds (≤7 knots) in the SRKW echolocation band (14 – 64 kHz in this study due to the maximum bandwidth of the acoustic recorders but refers to Heise et al. 2017 echolocation frequency band of 15 – 100 kHz), the monohulls had the lowest SL (132.9 dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1m). The median SLs for RHIBs, catamarans, sailboats and the 9.9 HP outboard were within about 5 dB of each other, and all approximately 10 dB above the median SL for the monohulls. The landing craft had the highest SL (167.2 dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1m).

• Catamarans had the lowest average best-fit coefficient for the speed versus SL analysis (Cv = 1.6 for RNL) in the SRKW communication band, meaning this vessel type has the lowest increase in SL with speed. This was followed by the landing craft (Cv = 1.9 for RNL). RHIBs, monohulls and the 9.9 HP outboard had similar Cv values: (2.4, 2.6, and 2.5 for RNL). Sailboats had the highest values (Cv = 3.5 for RNL).

• Catamarans have the highest source levels over all speeds in both the SRKW communication and echolocation bands relative to the other whale watch and small vessel types characterized, however the landing craft had significantly higher levels in the echolocation band. The high noise level of catamarans is attributed to their relatively larger size versus engine size and consequently have to run at a higher engine RPM to achieve the same speed as the other vessel types.

• Within the monohull vessel type (which had the largest sample size, n = 11), speed through water had the strongest correlation with source level, followed by propeller type and vessel breadth in the SRKW communication frequency band. Speed had the strongest correlation in the SRKW echolocation band, followed total horsepower and vessel breadth.

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• Onboard echosounders produced a significant peak at approximately 50 kHz for some vessels, which is within the most sensitive hearing range of SRKW. It is recommended that vessels turn off their echosounders when in proximity to high-frequency hearing marine mammals.

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1. Introduction

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s (VFPA) Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation (ECHO) Program and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), supported a small vessel source level study in Haro Strait to investigate the acoustic signatures of whale watch and other small vessels present in the Salish Sea. Volunteer vessels performed transits past two underwater listening stations (ULSs) located in the shipping lanes in Haro Strait. The measured vessels spanned a variety of hull shapes, engine sizes, and propulsion system types. The aim of the study is to address the data gap that exist in small vessel acoustic emission levels, especially at higher frequencies relevant to Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) communication and echolocation sounds.

This trial ran in parallel with another vessel noise study (MacGillivray and Li 2018) which investigated the acoustic effect of slowing large commercial vessels transiting through Haro Strait. Acoustic recorders (JASCO AMAR-G3) were deployed near the seabed and set to measure acoustic data at a lower sample rate of 96 ksps for most of the day, but a higher sample rate of 128 ksps was programmed from 6 AM to 9 AM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). We timed the majority of small vessel acoustic measurements during this time window to capture higher frequency acoustic information up to 64 kHz (half the sample rate). The measurements are therefore more effective for investigations of sound levels over most of the SRKW echolocation band, considered to be 15 – 100 kHz (Heise et al. 2017).

JASCO Applied Sciences (Canada) Ltd. carried out acoustic measurements between 6 Jul and 26 Oct 2017 on 11 whale watch vessels, 2 pleasure boats, 3 research vessels, and 4 recreational charter boats to quantify source levels. These 20 volunteer vessels performed at least two transits at 3 pre-determined speeds (nominally 5 knots, 9 knots, and cruising speed). A total of 152 individual passes were recorded from 6 different vessel types: ridged-hull inflatable boats (RHIBs), monohulls, catamarans, sailboats, landing craft and a small boat with a 9.9 HP outboard engine. Vessel positions were logged using a Global Positioning System (GPS).

Hydrophone data from these two listening stations were analyzed using ShipSound, a component of JASCO's PortListen® noise measurement system. PortListen automatically calculates underwater acoustic source levels using calibrated hydrophone data and accurate vessel positioning data. The ECHO team and DFO may use the results of this study to improve computer models for assessing underwater noise in the Salish Sea, and to better evaluate the potential impacts of small vessel noise on SRKW . JASCO also provided the vessel owners with a copy of their respective vessel’s results.

To improve voluntary participation of the whale watch vessels, we committed to anonymizing the participant’s vessels as much as possible. To accomplish this, only vessel parameters are referenced within this report; vessel names and vessel owners and companies are not provided.

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2. Methods

2.1. Whale Watch and Small Vessel Acoustic Emissions Study Overview

JASCO deployed two autonomous underwater listening stations (ULSs) adjacent to the traffic lanes in Haro Strait (Figure 1) for a parallel study investigating acoustic emissions of large commercial vessels (MacGillivray and Li 2018). The ULSs recorded continuously from 6 Jul through 26 Oct 2017, and were set to measure at a higher sample rate (128 ksps) from 06:00 – 09:00 PDT to capture the higher frequency noise from small vessels, which is important to SRKW. All measurements were collected with 24-bit resolution.

Participant vessels performed at least two transits past one of the ULSs at each of the predetermined speeds (5 knots, 9 knots and cruising speed). These speeds were chosen as representative of whale watch, approach, and transit operations respectively. Figure 2 presents a schematic diagram of the methodology; vessels started each pass at a waypoint (denoted as ‘WP’ in Figure 2) 500 m south of the ULS and transited at a constant engine RPM past a waypoint approximately 110 m adjacent to the ULS and then continued onto a final waypoint 500 m north of the ULS. The vessel then turned around and maintained the same RPM on the return pass.

Accurate vessel positioning data was collected on either a handheld GPS or the vessel’s chartplotter system for correlation with the acoustic data during the analysis. Logsheets were taken by a crew member or JASCO personnel to record start and end times of every vessel pass, as well as engine RPM, vessel speed, weather and other vessel specifications.

JASCO carried out a service trip of the Haro Strait listening stations on 8 Sep 2017, to download acoustic data collected during the first half of the study and to deploy the second set of recorders that continued through retrieval on 26 Oct 2017.

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Figure 1. Underwater listening station locations in Haro Strait.

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Figure 2. Schematic diagram of the study methodology: vessel started at waypoint A (denoted as ‘WP A’) located 500 m south of the ULS and transited at a constant engine RPM over waypoint B (‘WP B’) located approximately 110 m east of the ULS and ended the transit at waypoint C (‘WP C’) located 500 m north of the ULS.

2.2. Underwater Listening Stations

The Haro Strait listening stations consisted of two calibrated JASCO AMAR-G3 (Autonomous Multichannel Acoustic Recorders-Generation 3) units, deployed on sub-sea moorings next to northbound and southbound traffic lanes. The sub-sea moorings incorporated backup measures, including tandem acoustic releases and satellite beacons, to reduce the likelihood of loss (Figure 3). Each AMAR used an M36 omnidirectional hydrophone (GeoSpectrum Technologies Inc., −165 ± 3 dB re 1 V/µPa nominal sensitivity) for measuring underwater sound pressure. Hydrophones were calibrated through the full recording frequency range. The AMAR were programmed with a variable-bandwidth recording cycle, to capture acoustic data at 96,000 Hz for 21 hours a day and 128,000 Hz for three hours a day (Table 1). The 128,000 Hz recording was scheduled from 06:00–09:00 PDT to capture high-frequency noise from dedicated measurements of the whale-watching boats as to least interfere with their scheduled tours. The recording channel had 24 bit resolution with a spectral noise floor of 20 dB re 1 µPa2/Hz and a nominal maximum broadband level of 168 dB re 1 µPa2, which were sufficient to capture the quietist and loudest sounds during the study. The AMARs stored the hydrophone data on 1792 GB of internal solid-state flash memory.

Deployment and retrievals of the ULSs were conducted using the R/V Richardson Point, a 20 m research vessel operated by Seaward Engineering (Figure 4). After the moorings were deployed, their precise on-bottom locations were surveyed using a surface-based transducer that measured the distance to the acoustic releases (Table 2). Ranging was performed at four GPS waypoints in a square pattern surrounding the moorings. The on-bottom coordinates of the moorings were then calculated by minimizing the rms error of the surface measurements. The estimated accuracy of the surveyed coordinates was ±4 m.

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The laboratory calibrations of the AMARs were verified before and after deployment using a Pistonphone Type 42AC precision sound source (G.R.A.S. Sound & Vibration A/S). The pistonphone calibrator produces a constant tone at 250 Hz at the hydrophone sensor. The level at which the AMAR records the reference tone yields the total pressure sensitivity for the instrument, i.e., the conversion factor between digital units and pressure. Verifying calibrations before and after deployment ensured that the sensitivity of the hydrophone did not change over the deployment period.

Figure 3. Haro Strait ULS mooring. The hydrophone is located 3 m above the seabed, inside the cage at the top of the AMAR.

Table 1. Daily (repeated every 24 hours) recording schedule on the Haro Strait ULS AMARs.

Time (PDT) Duration (hr) Sampling rate (ksps) Recording bandwidth (Hz)

06:00–09:00 3 128,000 5–64,000

09:00–06:00 21 96,000 5–48,000

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Figure 4. Left: R/V Richardson Point. Right: Deploying the ULS moorings. Photo credits: Krista Trounce, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

Table 2. Haro Strait ULS mooring deployment and retrieval details.

Station Latitude Longitude Water

depth (m) Hydrophone

depth (m) Deployment (UTC) Retrieval (UTC)

Deployment 1

Northbound 48.5181°N 123.1917°W 251 248 2017 Jul 6 21:00 2017 Sep 8 18:08

Southbound 48.5167°N 123.2076°W 210 207 2017 Jul 6 20:27 2017 Sep 8 17:45

Deployment 2

Northbound 48.5181°N 123.1917°W 249 246 2017 Sep 8 21:30 2017 Oct 26 18:47

Southbound 48.5161°N 123.2080°W 206 203 2017 Sep 8 20:08 2017 Oct 26 18:47

The transit area is designed to position vessels approximately in conformance with the Grade-C geometry of the ANSI vessel noise measurement standard (ANSI 12.64-2009 R2014), and to minimize acceleration and turning during the measurement.

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2.3. ShipSound Analysis

JASCO’s ShipSound software monitors sound level measurements and utilizes the GPS and chartplotter data from the passing vessels to automatically extract the corresponding acoustic data for analysis. It uses the vessel’s speed together with a cepstral analysis of the Lloyd mirror pattern to determine the timing and location of closest point of approach (CPA) of the vessel’s acoustic centre. ShipSound can analyze streaming data from a hydrophone in real time or, as in this case, can analyze archival hydrophone data downloaded from autonomous recorders.

The ANSI/ASA S12.64 data window is defined by the period over which the acoustic centre is within ±30° of the CPA. ShipSound automatically determines the data window and processes a single acoustic channel in 1-second periods stepped in 0.5-second intervals (Figure 5). Spectrum measurements are calculated using 1-second fast Fourier transforms, shaded using a Hanning window.

Figure 5. Spectrogram of a single vessel measurement from ShipSound, showing the CPA time (dashed red line) and the measurement window (black box) used for calculating vessel source levels. The spectrogram shows the spectrum of the underwater sound pressure recorded on the ULS hydrophone versus time and frequency.

ShipSound calculates two different kinds of vessel source levels from the data window: Radiated Noise Level (RNL) and Monopole Source Level (MSL). RNL is equal to the measured sound pressure level, back-propagated according to the distance between a source and the hydrophone. The software applies the ANSI/ASA S12.64 Grade-A method for back-propagation distance: it determines instantaneous vessel range (R) in metres from the measurement hydrophone for each 1-second step within the data window. The RNL back propagation method of 20 х Log10(R) is applied to the spectra of each step separately. MSL is equal to the measured sound pressure level scaled according to a numerical acoustic transmission loss (TL) model that accounts for the effect of the local environment on sound propagation (i.e., sea-surface reflection, water column refraction and absorption, and bottom loss). MSL back-propagation is performed using predictions of the Parabolic Equation model RAM, modified to treat shear wave reflection losses, in 1/3-octave-bands to 5 kHz, and an image reflectivity model at higher frequencies. MSL back-propagation requires a source depth, which is defined in ShipSound as a Gaussian distribution centred at the shaft depth minus 0.7 of the propeller radius, when that information is available, or half the vessel draft otherwise. RNL is the source level calculation method specified by the ANSI standard whereas most acoustic models used for assessing shipping noise effects on marine fauna use MSL.

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ShipSound also calculates background noise in each frequency band. Since the participant vessels in this study performed multiple consecutive passes, the background levels were determined from the 10th percentile levels from one hour before and one hour after each vessel’s measurement. ShipSound applies the ANSI 12.64 protocol that rejects source band levels if they do not exceed the background levels by at least 3 dB. ShipSound corrects the band levels if they exceed background levels by 3–10 dB. Adjusted and rejected levels are flagged in the database. Figure 6 summarizes this approach.

Figure 6. Background noise comparison and adjustment process.

Environmental conditions (wind speed, current speed) were also recorded for each measurement. Meteorological data for Haro Strait was obtained from the Environment Canada weather station at Kelp Reefs Environment Canada . Direct ocean current measurements were unavailable for Haro Strait, so ocean current data were obtained from the WebTide Tidal Prediction Model (v 0.7.1), provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada Bedford Institute of Oceanography . Ocean current data were used to calculate speed through water from speed over ground (SOG) information collected by the GPS and chartplotters for each vessel measurement.

PortListen includes a web-based user interface to access vessel and measurement information. A table view screen lets the user select and view multiple measurements by vessel criteria. This information, including broadband MSL and RNL source levels, can be exported as a spreadsheet. Vessel measurements are summarized in PDFs, presenting vessel and environment information, and the 1/3-octave-band MSL and RNL source levels. A manual quality review of every measurement was performed by an experienced analyst using the web-based interface. An analyst may reject a measurement because it contains interference from other vessels, has high levels of background noise, or if a vessel does not have constant speed and a straight track inside the data window.

2.4. Data Analysis

Vessel noise measurements were analyzed in terms of the following three frequency bands, that were recently identified by an expert work group convened by the Coastal Ocean Research Institute (Heise et al. 2017) as being particularly relevant to the acoustic quality of SRKW habitat:

• Broadband (10–100,000 Hz), for evaluating behavioural or physiological impacts.

• Communication masking (0.5 – 15 kHz), for evaluating effects of noise on communication space.

• Echolocation masking (15 – 100 kHz), for evaluating effects of noise on echolocation space.

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MSL and RNL source levels were obtained in 1/3-octave bands from 10 Hz to 64 kHz. Wide band MSL measurements were evaluated for all three SRKW frequency bands (broadband, communication, and echolocation). MSL was the preferred metric for reporting source levels in the SRKW bands, because MSL back-propagation better accounts for the effect of the environment on vessel source levels (e.g., from absorption, surface, and seabed reflections) than RNL back-propagation.

Trends of source level versus speed were analyzed for speed through water, since this accounts for the effect of ocean currents on vessel movements. Trend analysis was performed using Ross’s classical power law model (Ross 1976), which relates change in source level (SL) to relative changes in speed:

SL − SLref = 𝐶𝑣  ×  10 log10 ( 𝑣𝑣ref) . (1)

In this equation, SL is the source level at speed through water v, SLref is the source level at some reference speed vref, and Cv is a coefficient corresponding to the slope of the curve.

Due to non-vessel related low frequency noise (<200 Hz) present during a small number of vessel passes, additional analysis was performed to minimize the contribution to the vessel SL. Where relatively high levels of low frequency noise existed in the data, the 25th percentile of the received sound level below 200 Hz was used to calculate the vessel SL. Generally, however, due to the low levels of low frequency acoustic emission from these small vessels and that these frequencies may be less audible to SRKW, a comparison between vessel SL is made using the SRKW communication and echolocation bands (Heise et al. 2017).

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3. Results

3.1. Measurement Summary

We used ShipSound to process a total of 152 vessel noise measurements (individual passes) collected from 20 different engine configurations during the study period. Of these measurements, 128 were accepted (i.e., passed a manual quality review) and 24 were rejected, primarily due to low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) (Appendix A). A list of the participant vessels and corresponding hull and engine specifications are presented in Table 3. Names of the vessels have been omitted as per agreements for their participation in this project.

All vessels performed at least two passes at minimum three speeds (5 knots, 9 knots and cruising speed). The sailboats were unable to operate at the higher speeds, therefore those two vessels made passes at 2 knots, 5 knots and maximum speed (6-7 knots). A 9.9 HP outboard engine was also measured on a charter fishing vessel (8.2 m monohull) since it is typically used instead of the larger outboard engines for running at slow speeds – such as when trolling for fish. Only four of its passes were accepted due to low SNR. The accepted passes were performed at approximately 3, 3.5, 4, and 4.5 knots.

Table 3. Participant vessel specifications and number of accepted measurements.

Vessel ID Length (m) Vessel type Engine Propulsion Number of accepted

measurements

V01 15.5 monohull 2 x 625 HP inboard diesel Arneson* 8

V02 17.4 catamaran 2 x 435 HP inboard diesel propeller 9

V03 11.5 catamaran 2 x 300 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 8

V04 11.5 monohull

2 x 250 HP + 1 x 300 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas

propeller 9

V05 11.5 monohull 3 x 300 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 10

V06 6.8 RHIB 2 x 350 HP V8 outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 6

V07 5.2 RHIB 1 x 150 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 6

V08 9.4 monohull 1 x 300 HP inboard gas propeller 6

V09 6.4 landing craft 2 x 90 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 5

V10 9 sailboat 1 x 30 HP inboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 7

V11 12.8 sailboat 1 x 44 HP inboard (4-stroke) diesel propeller 5

V12 16.8 monohull 1 x 650 HP inboard diesel propeller 5

V13 8.2 RHIB 2 x 225 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 5

V14 17 monohull 2 x 770 HP inboard diesel propeller 4

V15 9 monohull 1 x 350 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 6

V16 7.6 RHIB 2 x 200 HP outboard (2-stroke) gas propeller 8

V17 17 monohull 2 x 850 HP inboard (4-stroke) diesel Arneson 6

V18 9.1 monohull 2 x 225 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 5

V19 8.2 monohull 2 x 150 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 6

V20 8.2 Small outboard 1 x 9.9 HP outboard (4-stroke) gas propeller 4

*surface-piercing propeller

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3.2. Effects of Speed on Source Levels

3.2.1. Individual vessel analysis

A trend analysis was performed on both RNL and MSL for three different frequency bands (broadband, SRKW communication band (0.5 – 15 kHz), and SRKW echolocation band (14 – 64 kHz)) versus average speed through water for each vessel for all accepted measurements Figure 7 – Figure 12.

Table B-1 in Appendix B presents details of all the accepted measurements, including the vessel’s average speed through water, radiated noise level and monopole source levels for the SRKW communication band, Cv and significance from the speed trend analysis.

Figure 7. Radiated Noise Level (RNL) broadband [10 Hz to 64 kHz] versus speed for each vessel separated by type (accepted measurements only). The red line is the best-fit trendline, based on Eqn 1. The annotation indicates the best-fit coefficient (Cv). The asterisks indicate the statistical significance of the trend (* = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01, *** = p < 0.001). Due to high amount of non-vessel related low-frequency noise present in the slowest 9.9 HP outboard pass, there is a negative trend for the broadband SL.

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Figure 8 Radiated Noise Level (RNL) [0.5–15 kHz] versus speed for each vessel (accepted measurements only). The red line is the best-fit trendline, based on Eqn 1. The annotation indicates the best-fit coefficient (Cv). The asterisks indicate the statistical significance of the trend (* = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01, *** = p < 0.001).

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Figure 9. Radiated Noise Level (RNL) [15+ kHz] versus speed for each vessel (accepted measurements only). The red line is the best-fit trendline, based on Eqn 1. The annotation indicates the best-fit coefficient (Cv). The asterisks indicate the statistical significance of the trend (* = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01, *** = p < 0.001).

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Figure 10. Monopole Source Level (MSL) broadband [10 Hz to 64 kHz] versus speed for each vessel (accepted measurements only). The red line is the best-fit trendline, based on Eqn 1. The annotation indicates the best-fit coefficient (Cv). The asterisks indicate the statistical significance of the trend (* = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01, *** = p < 0.001). Due to high amount of non-vessel related low-frequency noise present in the slowest 9.9 HP outboard pass, there is a negative trend for the broadband SL.

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Figure 11. Monopole Source Level (MSL) [0.5–15 kHz] versus speed for each vessel (accepted measurements only). The red line is the best-fit trendline, based on Eqn 1. The annotation indicates the best-fit coefficient (Cv). The asterisks indicate the statistical significance of the trend (* = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01, *** = p < 0.001).

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Figure 12. Monopole Source Level (MSL) [15+ kHz] versus speed for each vessel (accepted measurements only). The red line is the best-fit trendline, based on Eqn 1. The annotation indicates the best-fit coefficient (Cv). The asterisks indicate the statistical significance of the trend (* = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01, *** = p < 0.001).

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3.2.2. Vessel type analysis

The average best-fit trend coefficients (Cv) in the SRKW communication band for each vessel type presented in the speed trend analysis (Section 3.2.1) is shown in Figure 13. The catamarans had the lowest Cv, meaning the lowest increase in SL with increase in speed, followed by the landing craft. The sailboats had the highest Cv values, thus the largest increase in SL with speed.

Figure 13: Average Cv values for RNL (circles) and MSL (triangles) for all vessel types in the SRKW communication band. Cv represents the change in source level per logarithm of the speed increase ratio, so higher Cv means a greater noise emissions increase with vessel speed increase.

The analysis is focussed on sound levels of slow speed passes, as vessels predominantly run at those speeds near the whales. RNL for the SRKW communication and echolocation bands for each vessel type for passes equal and lower than 7 knots are presented in Figure 14 and Figure 15, respectively. The graphs show that for both frequency bands, the monohulls have the lowest median SPL. In the communication band, the RHIBs and 9.9 HP outboard have the second lowest median SPL, followed by the sailboats, landing craft and lastly, the catamarans. With respect to the echolocation band, after the monohulls, RHIBs and 9.9 HP outboard have the lowest SPL, followed by the catamarans, then sailboats. The landing craft had significantly higher levels in this frequency range. It must be noted that due to the small sample size of each vessel type apart from monohulls, general conclusions must be made with caution.

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Figure 14: Box and whisker plot presenting RNL in the SRKW communication band [0.5 – 15 kHz] for each vessel type for slow speed passes (less than 7 kn). Each data point is represented by a circle, the median is shown as a line within the box, the mean is a cross, the upper and lower ends of the box are the upper and lower quartile, respectively, with the highest and lowest data points at the end of the whiskers. See glossary for more details on box-and-whisker plot.

Figure 15: Box and whisker plot presenting RNL in the SRKW echolocation band [14 – 64 kHz] for each vessel type for slow speed passes (less than 7 kn). Each data point is represented by a circle, the median is shown as a line within the box, the mean is a cross, the upper and lower ends of the box are the upper and lower quartile, respectively, with the highest and lowest data points at the end of the whiskers. See glossary for more details on box-and-whisker plot.

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3.3. Third-Octave Band Levels

3.3.1. Individual vessel analysis

Third-octave band level plots presenting the levels for each individual pass were created for each vessel. The plots for V01 are presented here as an example. All plots are included in Appendix C along with tabulated RNL and MSL third-octave band levels. As explained in Section 2.3, a band level was discarded if the level was less than 3 dB above the corresponding ambient band level (shown as gaps in the plots).

Figure 16. Example RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V01(15.5 m monohull, 2x265 HP, Arneson drive). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

3.3.2. Vessel type analysis

Average vessel noise emissions in one-third octave bands were computed for the slow speed (whale-watching speed, i.e., less than or equal to 7 knots) passes for each vessel type Figure 17. Mean one-third octave band RNL were computed in dB since the distribution of the SLs were more gaussian than in linear units (pressure). The average speed through water for the passes used in the computation of the one-third octave levels are 5.8 knots (RHIB), 5.5 knots (monohull), 5.9 knots (catamaran), 6.2 knots (landing craft), 5.0 knots (sailboat), and 4.2 knots (9.9 HP outboard).

Due to relatively low low-frequency contribution from these small vessels and non-acoustic related noise in the environment i.e., flow noise, levels above approximately 200 Hz are of particular interest. The graph below shows that all vessels exhibited similar relative levels with frequency, however the landing craft produced the highest levels across almost all frequencies with only the catamarans producing higher levels at around 1 kHz. The peak at approximately 50 kHz is from onboard depthsounders which is within the most sensitive hearing range of the SRKW (Heise et al. 2017, Branstetter et al. 2017).

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Figure 17. Mean one-third octave band RNL for each vessel type for the slow speed (≤ 7 kts STW) passes.

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3.4. Statistical Analysis for Monohull Vessels

Due to the relatively small sample size of this study, a correlation analysis was performed instead of a multivariate analysis to examine the dependence of vessel variables on the source level. A correlation analysis, which examines the linear dependence of two variables, was performed on the monohull vessels due to the higher number (n = 11) of individual vessels participating in the study. This analysis could not be performed on the other classes due to small sample size. The correlation matrix (multiple correlations) used a Pearson parametric correlation test to examine the linear dependence of the following variables: total horsepower, propeller type, fuel type, vessel length, vessel breadth, static draught, average speed through water, RNL in the SRKW communication band and RNL in the SRKW echolocation band. Table 4 and Table 5 present the Pearson’s correlation coefficients from the analysis including the communication band and echolocation band, respectively (see Appendix D for the corresponding plots).

Key points from the statistical analysis:

• Speed through water has the strongest (positive) correlation on both frequency band levels (r = 0.7 for the communication band, r = 0.6 for the echolocation band). This is followed by propeller type for the communication band (r = -0.3) and total horsepower as well as vessel breadth for the echolocation band (both r = 0.3). The propeller type and fuel type were converted to numerical values, therefore the negative correlation seen between RNL and propeller type means the vessel source levels are lower for Arneson surface-piercing propeller than with a submerged propeller for both frequency bands.

• The fuel type has no correlation with the communication band (r = 0), but has a slight positive correlation (r = 0.1) with the echolocation band meaning the vessel source levels are slightly higher for diesel-run vessels. Fuel type was also converted to numerical values for this analysis.

• Vessel breadth had a surprisingly strong positive correlation for both frequency bands (r = 0.2 for the communication band, r = 0.3 for the echolocation band).

Table 4. Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) from the correlation analysis including SRKW communication band. Strong association between variables are close to 1 (positive and negative).

Total HP Propeller

type Fuel type

Vessel length

Vessel breadth

Static draught

STW RNL

500to15000Hz

Total HP 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.1

Propeller type 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.0 -0.3

Fuel type 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0.0

Vessel length 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.1

Vessel breadth 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 -0.1 0.2

Static draught 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.1

STW 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 1.0 0.7

RNL 500to15000Hz

0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.7 1.0

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Table 5. Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) from the correlation analysis including SRKW echolocation band. Strong association between variables are close to 1 (positive and negative).

Total HP Propeller

type Fuel type

Vessel length

Vessel breadth

Static draught

STW RNL

500to15000Hz

Total HP 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.3

Propeller type 0.3 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.0 -0.1

Fuel type 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0.1

Vessel length 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.2

Vessel breadth 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 -0.1 0.3

Static draught 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.2

STW 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 1.0 0.6

RNL 500to15000Hz

0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.0

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4. Discussion and Conclusion

Noise levels from several whale watch and other small vessels were measured in this study. Noise emission levels and variations of those levels with vessel parameters are reported here. 20 different vessels were measured while transiting at multiple speeds past two acoustic monitoring stations deployed in Haro Strait. The measurement approach was designed according to the Grade-C survey method protocol defined in ANSI S12.64-2009. The trend analysis of source levels versus average speed through water produced best-fit trend coefficient values (Cv) for each vessel pass. There is generally a positive correlation between emitted vessel noise level and vessel speed; however, the trends are not as strong as those of large commercial vessels (MacGillivray and Li 2018). As with the larger vessels, there was a stronger correlation in the SRKW echolocation band than in lower-frequency bands – which is likely due to the greater importance of propeller cavitation noise relative to machinery (engine/drivetrain) as the predominant noise source at these high frequencies.

Average RNL in the SRKW communication and echolocation bands calculated at slow (<7 kn), medium (7 – 15 kn) and fast (>15 kn) speeds (Table 6) show that generally the catamarans have the highest source levels in both frequency bands. The two exceptions are the landing craft, which has a substantially higher source level in the echolocation band, and the RHIBs which have slightly higher levels at fast speeds. At the slowest speeds, the monohull vessels had the lowest source levels in both frequency bands. Although this is the most comprehensive small vessel acoustic emission study to date, it should be noted that these conclusions are based on relatively small sample size per vessel type. More measurements at a more controlled site (not within commercial shipping lanes) could be warranted.

Table 6. Average source level (RNL) for each vessel type, for the SRKW communication and echolocation bands for slow, medium, and fast speeds through water.

Speed RNL SL (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1m)

RHIB Monohull Catamaran Landing Craft Sailboat 9.9 HP

outboard

Slow (<7 kn) SRKW

communication band 152.7 148.6 161.1 158.4 156.6 152.0

SRKW

echolocation band 136.7 132.9 140.3 167.2 141.6 137.5

Medium (7-15 kn) SRKW communication band

159.6 160.0 161.8 158.1 --* --

SRKW echolocation band

143.5 145.2 147.2 167.8 -- --

Fast (>15 kn) SRKW communication band

170.2 167.6 168.6 167.7 -- --

SRKW echolocation band

159.5 155.4 157.7 162.0 -- --

*-- no vessel passes at this speed

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Key points:

• At slow speeds (≤7 knots) in the SRKW communication band (0.5 – 15 kHz), monohulls had the lowest median SL (148.6 dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1m) of the whale watch vessels, followed closely by

RHIBs (152.7 dB re 1 Pa2 @ 1m) and the 9.9 HP outboard (152.0 Pa2 @ 1m). The catamarans had the highest SL (161.1 dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1m) (Figure 14).

• At slow speeds (≤7 knots) in the SRKW echolocation band (14 – 64 kHz in this study due to the maximum bandwidth of the acoustic recorders but refers to Heise et al.’s (2017) echolocation frequency band of 15 – 100 kHz), the monohulls had the lowest SL (132.9 dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1m). The median SLs for RHIBs, catamarans, sailboats and the 9.9 HP outboard were within about 5 dB of each other, and all approximately 10 dB above the median SL for the monohulls. The landing craft had the highest SL (167.2 dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1m) (Figure 15).

• Catamarans had the lowest average Cv (1.6 for RNL) from a regression analysis of speed versus source level (SL) analysis in the SRKW communication band, meaning this vessel type has the lowest increase in SL with speed. This was followed by the landing craft (Cv = 1.9 for RNL). RHIBs, monohulls and the 9.9 HP outboard had similar Cv values: (2.4, 2.6, and 2.5 for RNL). Sailboats had the highest values (Cv = 3.5 for RNL) (Figure 13).

• Catamarans have the highest source levels over all speeds in both the SRKW communication and echolocation bands relative to the other whale watch and small vessel types characterized, however the landing craft had significantly higher levels in the echolocation band. The high noise level of Catamarans is attributed to their relatively larger size versus engine size than the other vessel types.

• Within the monohull vessel type (which had the largest sample size, n = 11), speed through water had the strongest correlation with source level, followed by propeller type and vessel breadth in the SRKW communication frequency band. Speed had the strongest correlation in the SRKW echolocation band, followed total horsepower and vessel breadth (Table 4 and Table 5).

• Onboard echosounders produced a significant peak at approximately 50 kHz for some vessels, which is within the most sensitive hearing range of SRKW. It is recommended that vessels turn off their echosounders when in proximity to high-frequency hearing marine mammals (Figure 17).

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Glossary

1/3-octave-band

Non-overlapping passbands that are one-third of an octave wide (where an octave is a doubling of frequency). Three adjacent 1/3-octave-bands comprise one octave. One-third-octave-bands become wider with increasing frequency. Also see octave.

absorption

The reduction of acoustic pressure amplitude due to acoustic particle motion energy converting to heat in the propagation medium.

background noise

Total of all sources of interference in a system used for the production, detection, measurement, or recording of a signal, independent of the presence of the signal (ANSI S1.1-1994 R2004). Ambient noise detected, measured, or recorded with a signal is part of the background noise.

bandwidth

The range of frequencies over which a sound occurs. Broadband refers to a source that produces sound over a broad range of frequencies (e.g., seismic airguns, vessels) whereas narrowband sources produce sounds over a narrow frequency range (e.g., sonar) (ANSI/ASA S1.13-2005 R2010).

box-and-whisker plot A plot that illustrates the centre, spread, and overall range of data from a visual five-number summary. The ends of the box are the upper and lower quartiles (25th and 75th percentiles). The horizontal line inside the box is the median (50th percentile). The whiskers and points extend outside the box to the highest and lowest observations, where the points correspond to outlier observations (i.e., observations that fall more than 1.5×IQR beyond the upper and lower quartiles, where IQR is the interquartile range).

broadband sound level

The total sound pressure level measured over a specified frequency range. If the frequency range is unspecified, it refers to the entire measured frequency range.

cetacean

Any animal in the order Cetacea. These are aquatic, mostly marine mammals and include whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

A high precision atomic clock time standard that replaces the historic Greenwich Mean Time. It is 7 hours ahead of British Columbia local time during Pacific Daylight Saving Time (PDT), and 8 hours ahead during periods of Pacific Standard Time (PST).

decibel (dB)

One-tenth of a bel. Unit of level when the base of the logarithm is the tenth root of ten, and the quantities concerned are proportional to power (ANSI S1.1-1994 R2004).

ECHO

Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation Program.

fast Fourier transform (FFT)

A computationally efficiently algorithm for computing the discrete Fourier transform.

frequency

The rate of oscillation of a periodic function measured in cycles-per-unit-time. The reciprocal of the period. Unit: hertz (Hz). Symbol: f. 1 Hz is equal to 1 cycle per second.

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

A satellite based navigation system providing accurate worldwide location and time information.

hertz (Hz)

A unit of frequency defined as one cycle per second.

hydrophone

An underwater sound pressure transducer. A passive electronic device for recording or listening to underwater sound.

masking

Obscuring of sounds of interest by sounds at similar frequencies.

median

The 50th percentile of a statistical distribution.

monopole source level (MSL)

A source level that has been calculated using an acoustic model that accounts for the effect of the sea-surface and seabed on sound propagation, assuming a point-like (monopole) sound source. See related term: radiated noise level.

multiple linear regression

A statistical method that seeks to explain the response of a dependent variable using multiple explanatory variables.

octave

The interval between a sound and another sound with double or half the frequency. For example, one octave above 200 Hz is 400 Hz, and one octave below 200 Hz is 100 Hz.

parabolic equation method

A computationally-efficient solution to the acoustic wave equation that is used to model transmission loss. The parabolic equation approximation omits effects of back-scattered sound, simplifying the computation of transmission loss. The effect of back-scattered sound is negligible for most ocean-acoustic propagation problems.

probability density function (PDF)

A function whose value at any given sample (or point) in the sample space (the set of possible values taken by the random variable) can be interpreted as providing a relative likelihood that the value of the random variable would equal that sample.

pressure, acoustic

The deviation from the ambient hydrostatic pressure caused by a sound wave. Also called overpressure. Unit: pascal (Pa). Symbol: p.

radiated noise level (RNL)

A source level that has been calculated assuming sound pressure decays geometrically with distance from the source, with no influence of the sea-surface and seabed. See related term: monopole source level.

received level

The sound level measured at a receiver.

rms

root-mean-square.

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shear wave

A mechanical vibration wave in which the direction of particle motion is perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Also called secondary wave or S-wave. Shear waves propagate only in solid media, such as sediments or rock. Shear waves in the seabed can be converted to compressional waves in water at the water-seabed interface.

ship draft

The vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), including the thickness of the hull.

sound

A time-varying pressure disturbance generated by mechanical vibration waves travelling through a fluid medium such as air or water.

sound pressure level (SPL)

The decibel ratio of the time-mean-square sound pressure, in a stated frequency band, to the square of the reference sound pressure (ANSI S1.1-1994 R2004).

For sound in water, the reference sound pressure is one micropascal (p0 = 1 µPa2) and the unit for SPL is dB re 1 µPa2:

010

2

0

2

10 log20log10SPL pppp

Unless otherwise stated, SPL refers to the root-mean-square sound pressure level. See also 90% sound pressure level and fast-average sound pressure level.

source level (SL)

The sound level measured in the far-field and scaled back to a standard reference distance of 1 metre from the acoustic centre of the source. Unit: dB re 1 μPa2 @ 1 m (sound pressure level) or dB re 1 µPa2·s (sound exposure level).

spectrum

An acoustic signal represented in terms of its power (or energy) distribution compared with frequency.

speed over ground (SOG)

The speed of a vessel relative to the surface of the earth.

speed through water (STW)

The speed of a vessel relative to the water.

SRKW

Southern Resident Killer Whale.

transmission loss (TL)

The decibel reduction in sound level between two stated points that results from sound spreading away from an acoustic source subject to the influence of the surrounding environment. Also called propagation loss.

ULS

Underwater Listening Station.

VFPA

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

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Literature Cited

ANSI 12.64-2009. R2014. Grade C – Survey Method - Quantities and Procedures for Description and Measurement of Underwater Sound from Ships – Part 1: General Requirements. Acoustical Society of America.

ANSI S1.1-1994. R2004. American National Standard Acoustical Terminology. American National Standards Institute, New York.

ANSI/ASA S1.13-2005. R2010. American National Standard Measurement of Sound Pressure Levels in Air. American National Standards Institute and Acoustical Society of America, New York.

Bedford Institute of Oceanography. WebTide Tidal Prediction Model (v0.7.1) (webpage). Government of Canada. http://www.bio-iob.gc.ca/science/research-recherche/ocean/webtide/index-en.php.

Branstetter, B.K., J. St. Leger, D. Acton, J. Stewart, D. Houser, J. Finneran, and K. Jenkins. 2017. Killer whale (Orcinus orca) behavioral audiograms. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141(4): 2387-2398.

Environment Canada. Marine Weather (webpage). https://weather.gc.ca/mainmenu/marine_menu_e.html.

Heise, K.A., L. Barret-Lennard, N.R. Chapman, D.T. Dakin, C. Erbe, D. Hannay, N.D. Merchant, J. Pilkington, S. Thornton, et al. 2017. Proposed metrics for the management of underwater noise for southern resident killer whales. Coastal Ocean Report Series. Volume 2, Vancouver, Canada. 30 pp.

MacGillivray, A. and Z. Li. 2018. Vessel Noise Measurements from the ECHO Slowdown Trial: Final Report. Document Number 01518. Technical report by JASCO Applied Sciences for Vancouver Fraser Port Authority ECHO Program.

Ross, D. 1976. Mechanics of Underwater Noise. Pergamon Press, New York.

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Appendix A. Discarded Measurements Table A-1. Vessel passes that were discarded from the study, due primarily to low signal to noise ratio.

Vessel ID Pass CPA

(UTC) ULS station

Average STW (kts)

Broadband RNL (dB re 1 µPa2)

Broadband MSL (dB re 1 µPa2)

V01 9/6/2017

14:48 Northbound 6.0 167.1 171.5

V01 9/6/2017

15:07 Northbound 8.8 173.7 183.7

V02 8/31/2017

15:25 Northbound 11.0 162.7 164.7

V02 8/31/2017

15:32 Northbound 4.9 163.4 166.8

V02 8/31/2017

15:40 Northbound 8.8 155.6 161.1

V04 8/22/2017

14:15 Southbound 34.7 160.8 163.9

V04 8/22/2017

14:27 Southbound 38.7 161.0 164.0

V05 9/20/2017

14:00 Southbound 8.0 175.6 188.8

V08 10/2/2017

20:04 Northbound 6.6 155.8 161.8

V09 10/5/2017

15:43 Northbound 6.3 188.8 200.5

V10 10/9/2017

16:09 Southbound 3.1 175.1 187.1

V11 10/8/2017

15:30 Southbound 4.9 144.4 145.1

V11 10/8/2017

16:28 Southbound 2.5 171.7 176.4

V11 10/8/2017

17:07 Southbound 2.5 155.8 159.4

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Vessel ID Pass CPA

(UTC) ULS station

Average STW (kts)

Broadband RNL (dB re 1 µPa2)

Broadband MSL (dB re 1 µPa2)

V12 10/11/2017

15:36 Northbound 3.7 175.7 180.6

V12 10/11/2017

15:35 Southbound 5.8 192.5 201.5

V13 10/13/2017

14:42 Northbound 5.6 178.0 194.3

V13 10/13/2017

14:44 Southbound 4.9 157.1 166.5

V14 10/22/2017

22:23 Northbound 7.7 185.9 197.4

V14 10/22/2017

21:50 Southbound 5.1 157.6 162.7

V14 10/22/2017

22:26 Southbound 7.5 162.5 166.0

V18 10/24/2017

15:35 Southbound 5.6 168.8 173.4

V18 10/24/2017

16:12 Southbound 3.0 154.2 157.8

V19 10/25/2017

16:05 Southbound 2.1 156.8 159.3

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Appendix B. SPL Tables of Accepted Measurements

Table B-1. All accepted vessel pass measurements including average speed through water, RNL and MSL for the SRKW communication band, Cv and significance from the speed trend analysis.

Vessel ID

Speed through water (knots)

MSL (0.5-15 kHz) RNL (0.5-15 kHz) Cv Significance

RHIB

V06 7.0 149.8 150.0

MSL = 2.2 RNL = 2.3

MSL = ** RNL = **

V06 5.4 150.5 151.6

V06 9.3 159.7 160.3

V06 11.7 159.5 159.8

V06 33.6 168.2 169.9

V06 37.2 168.4 170.0

V07 5.6 156.1 156.5

MSL = 2.1 RNL = 2.2

MSL = ** RNL = **

V07 5.9 153.2 153.3

V07 9.0 156.8 157.5

V07 9.7 156.9 158.5

V07 24.3 165.9 166.4

V07 24.5 169.5 170.7

V13 4.7 149.1 148.5

MSL = 2.1 RNL = 2.3

MSL = *** RNL = ***

V13 8.5 156.2 156.2

V13 10.1 157.1 157.3

V13 30.7 167.5 168.3

V13 31.2 166.7 168.0

V16 4.9 151.8 152.8

MSL = 2.9 RNL = 2.7

MSL = *** RNL = ***

V16 5.3 149.8 151.0

V16 6.2 153.4 153.6

V16 6.9 155.8 156.8

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Vessel ID

Speed through water (knots)

MSL (0.5-15 kHz) RNL (0.5-15 kHz) Cv Significance

V16 9.3 162.2 163.3

V16 10.0 161.6 163.6

V16 32.2 174.8 174.4

V16 33.1 174.1 173.9

Monohull

V01 7.8 153.1 153.0

MSL = 1.8 RNL = 1.8

MSL = *** RNL = **

V01 8.9 153.9 154.8

V01 10.8 152.0 152.1

V01 12.4 155.9 157.3

V01 15.3 157.5 154.8

V01 17.7 157.0 153.8

V01 32.6 163.0 163.7

V01 35.2 164.4 165.2

V04 7.7 159.9 160.2

MSL = 1.4 RNL = 1.7

MSL = *** RNL = ***

V04 8.5 161.2 160.7

V04 9.4 159.4 159.5

V04 10.1 161.8 162.0

V04 15.2 160.8 161.5

V04 17.4 161.1 162.4

V04 34.4 168.1 170.1

V04 35.1 168.8 170.1

V04 38.4 170.6 171.9

V05 5.5 147.2 147.2 MSL = 1.8 RNL = 2.0

MSL = *** RNL = ***

V05 7.2 156.7 156.5

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Vessel ID

Speed through water (knots)

MSL (0.5-15 kHz) RNL (0.5-15 kHz) Cv Significance

V05 8.0 160.7 160.7

V05 9.4 157.0 156.8

V05 11.5 159.8 160.7

V05 15.5 159.8 160.9

V05 17.0 159.6 160.7

V05 35.9 167.0 168.3

V05 38.9 167.6 169.0

V05 39.2 169.0 170.7

V08 7.9 161.6 161.3

MSL = 2.1 RNL = 2.4

MSL = * RNL = *

V08 10.4 169.5 170.1

V08 11.1 163.3 163.5

V08 16.3 170.6 172.0

V08 25.0 172.9 173.9

V08 25.2 173.6 174.8

V12 6.9 157.2 157.3

MSL = 2.2 RNL = 2.2

MSL = * RNL = *

V12 8.2 163.7 164.4

V12 11.3 163.2 163.8

V12 16.8 168.4 168.1

V12 18.3 168.0 168.5

V14 8.6 164.7 164.1

MSL = 4.0 RNL = 4.3

MSL = * RNL = *

V14 11.3 164.4 164.2

V14 19.0 177.9 178.2

V14 20.9 177.9 178.4

V15 3.7 133.2 137.6 MSL = 4.6 MSL = **

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Vessel ID

Speed through water (knots)

MSL (0.5-15 kHz) RNL (0.5-15 kHz) Cv Significance

V15 6.0 132.7 137.1 RNL = 4.1 RNL = **

V15 9.8 157.3 157.9

V15 10.0 158.3 159.0

V15 21.7 166.0 167.1

V15 22.0 165.8 165.9

V17 5.0 151.2 151.8

MSL = 2.6 RNL = 2.8

MSL = *** RNL = ***

V17 5.7 150.1 150.4

V17 8.0 155.7 155.8

V17 10.3 156.2 156.1

V17 25.4 167.8 169.6

V17 27.9 170.1 172.0

V18 6.2 153.4 153.0

MSL = 1.0 RNL = 1.2

MSL = RNL =

V18 9.5 164.5 164.8

V18 10.5 163.2 164.0

V18 25.0 163.4 164.7

V18 26.6 162.9 164.4

V19 5.6 151.7 152.9

MSL = 3.1 RNL = 3.1

MSL = *** RNL = ***

V19 5.7 148.3 150.2

V19 9.9 155.7 158.5

V19 10.2 157.3 159.7

V19 21.8 166.1 167.8

V19 24.5 171.4 172.4

Catamaran

V02 6.3 164.3 163.9 MSL = 1.6 MSL = *

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Vessel ID

Speed through water (knots)

MSL (0.5-15 kHz) RNL (0.5-15 kHz) Cv Significance

V02 9.1 158.0 159.4 RNL = 1.7 RNL = *

V02 13.6 160.2 161.6

V02 15.2 163.5 164.8

V02 19.5 162.9 164.3

V02 20.1 167.5 168.7

V02 22.3 171.5 172.7

V02 23.9 168.0 168.6

V02 25.4 172.4 172.6

V03 5.5 158.9 158.3

MSL = 1.3 RNL = 1.5

MSL = *** RNL = ***

V03 8.4 159.9 158.5

V03 9.3 162.5 162.6

V03 12.1 163.5 162.3

V03 14.7 167.3 166.4

V03 18.1 167.7 166.6

V03 34.0 168.5 169.6

V03 35.3 168.9 169.6

Landing Craft

V09 6.1 158.1 158.4

MSL = 2.3 RNL = 1.9

MSL = ** RNL = *

V09 8.7 159.1 157.9

V09 9.2 159.0 158.2

V09 19.2 168.8 167.3

V09 24.8 170.2 168.1

Sailboat

V10 2.5 157.3 158.0 MSL = 1.6 MSL =

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Speed through water (knots)

MSL (0.5-15 kHz) RNL (0.5-15 kHz) Cv Significance

V10 3.4 157.0 157.7 RNL = 1.4 RNL =

V10 3.9 156.4 156.4

V10 5.1 156.4 156.9

V10 5.4 166.0 166.5

V10 5.8 161.0 161.5

V10 6.5 162.2 162.0

V11 5.0 146.1 147.6

MSL = 5.8 RNL = 5.5

MSL = RNL =

V11 5.9 151.2 151.0

V11 6.5 147.9 148.6

V11 6.7 157.7 157.8

V11 6.9 153.8 155.4

9.9 HP outboard

V20 3.1 150.2 149.6

MSL = 1.5 RNL = 2.5

MSL = RNL = **

V20 3.7 149.9 151.4

V20 4.3 150.5 153.2

V20 4.4 153.8 153.7

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Appendix C. One-Third Octave Band Levels per Vessel

C.1. One-Third Octave RNL Plots

Figure 18. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V02(17.4 m catamaran, 2x435 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

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Figure 19. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V03(11.5 m catamaran, 2x300 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

Figure 20. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V04(11.5 m monohull, 2x250 HP + 1x300 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

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Figure 21. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V05(11.5 m monohull, 3x300 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

Figure 22. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V06(6.8 m RHIB, 2x350 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

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Figure 23. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V07(5.2 m RHIB, 1x150 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

Figure 24. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V08(9.4 m monohull, 1x300 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

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Figure 25. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V09(6.4 m landing craft, 2x90 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

Figure 26. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V10(9 m sailboat, 1x30 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

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Figure 27. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V11(12.8 m sailboat, 1x44 HP, folding propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

Figure 28. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V12(16.8 m monohull, 1x650 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

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Figure 29. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V13(8.2 m RHIB, 2x225 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

Figure 30. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V14(17 m monohull, 2 x770 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

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Figure 31. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V15(9 m monohull, 1x350 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

Figure 32. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V16(7.6 m RHIB, 2x200 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

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Figure 33. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V17(17 m monohull, 2x850 HP, Arneson drive). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

Figure 34. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V18(9.1 m monohull, 2x225 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

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Figure 35. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V19(8.2 m monohull, 2x150 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass).

Figure 36. RNL one-third octave band levels for each pass by vessel V20(8.2 m monohull, 1x9.9 HP, propeller). Each line represents an individual pass (speed is shown in knots and is the average STW for the pass). Significant non-acoustic noise is present below 100 Hz for the 3.1 kn pass.

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Table C-1. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V01 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(8 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(18 kts)

Pass 7

(33 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

Broadband 157.6 158.7 157.2 160.6 159.8 159.0 167.3 167.3

10 140.3 NA 135.8 NA NA NA NA NA

13 137.3 NA 134.6 NA 134.6 NA NA NA

16 139.2 133.7 141.1 132.8 136.4 133.3 134.0 133.6

20 140.0 134.5 141.5 133.6 133.6 133.0 139.6 140.1

25 137.1 142.3 138.4 141.4 134.8 134.6 139.0 140.2

31 140.2 133.3 138.8 134.4 135.5 136.4 140.3 139.3

40 141.1 137.9 138.9 139.7 134.6 136.5 149.1 150.3

50 148.3 136.2 148.3 136.3 141.1 143.3 152.5 146.1

63 139.7 145.7 142.8 147.5 144.0 145.9 156.2 151.0

80 140.5 140.8 141.4 142.7 152.6 152.1 151.8 149.7

100 144.2 143.8 143.5 146.9 151.2 148.7 152.6 148.3

125 142.7 146.0 144.8 147.4 144.9 142.6 148.1 146.8

160 143.5 145.2 143.1 151.3 145.3 145.5 150.3 150.1

200 146.2 147.7 144.2 146.4 146.8 147.3 152.1 151.6

250 144.9 146.3 145.5 146.7 146.1 146.0 152.3 152.7

315 145.3 146.7 143.3 147.4 142.8 141.9 154.4 153.8

400 143.3 145.0 143.1 147.3 143.9 143.6 152.8 153.3

500 150.3 152.0 150.0 151.6 153.0 150.8 154.1 153.3

630 147.9 150.2 144.5 148.8 145.4 144.4 150.6 151.5

800 144.7 145.0 143.5 145.1 150.1 149.6 153.6 154.2

1000 146.5 146.2 145.9 146.4 144.8 144.4 153.5 154.8

1250 140.3 142.1 138.4 144.2 140.8 139.9 150.3 151.4

1600 NA NA NA 143.6 NA 140.6 151.1 153.1

2000 NA 138.7 139.3 143.0 139.7 137.0 149.9 151.7

2500 NA 139.1 138.5 146.5 141.2 139.4 151.9 154.2

3150 NA NA NA 149.3 NA NA 149.2 151.4

4000 NA 140.8 NA 147.0 NA NA 151.5 154.1

5000 NA NA NA 145.4 NA NA 152.0 154.5

6300 NA NA NA 142.6 NA NA 151.9 154.1

8000 NA NA NA 138.5 NA NA 152.4 154.1

10000 NA NA NA 136.5 NA NA 152.5 153.6

12500 NA NA NA 133.8 NA NA 153.1 153.8

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(8 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(18 kts)

Pass 7

(33 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

16000 NA NA NA 131.7 NA NA 152.5 152.7

20000 NA NA NA 129.9 128.7 128.4 152.9 152.3

25000 125.6 127.4 125.6 128.2 129.0 128.6 152.1 151.1

31500 124.9 126.3 124.8 125.9 126.8 126.7 152.0 149.4

40000 123.6 124.8 123.6 123.7 124.7 124.7 150.3 146.9

50000 123.0 124.0 122.8 123.0 124.9 124.9 149.4 145.9

63000 123.3 124.0 123.1 123.5 123.9 124.1 148.4 144.0

NA = band level was less than 3 dB above ambient level

Table C-2. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V01 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(8 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(18 kts)

Pass 7

(33 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

Broadband 161.0 160.5 161.1 161.8 162.5 162.1 168.6 167.8

10 160.2 NA 155.7 NA NA NA NA NA

13 154.1 NA 151.4 NA 151.3 NA NA NA

16 153.7 148.3 155.5 147.4 150.8 147.9 148.7 148.3

20 153.6 148.2 155.1 147.2 147.1 146.6 153.3 153.7

25 149.4 154.8 150.7 153.8 147.0 146.9 151.6 152.6

31 149.3 142.5 147.8 143.6 144.5 145.5 149.6 148.4

40 149.8 146.7 147.6 148.5 143.2 145.2 157.9 159.1

50 154.6 142.6 154.6 142.6 147.3 149.6 158.9 152.5

63 144.6 150.6 147.7 152.4 148.8 150.7 161.4 156.0

80 144.6 145.0 145.5 146.8 156.7 156.2 156.0 153.9

100 147.5 147.3 146.7 150.3 154.4 152.1 156.2 151.8

125 145.3 148.7 147.4 150.0 147.5 145.3 150.8 149.5

160 143.8 145.5 143.3 151.6 145.5 145.8 150.7 150.4

200 142.8 144.3 140.7 143.1 143.2 143.8 148.8 148.3

250 138.5 140.0 139.1 140.4 139.7 139.7 146.1 146.4

315 139.3 140.8 137.4 141.4 137.0 136.0 148.4 147.9

400 145.5 146.8 145.5 149.2 146.4 145.8 154.1 155.2

500 144.4 146.3 144.0 145.9 146.9 144.9 148.8 147.7

630 145.0 146.9 141.8 145.6 142.9 141.5 146.9 148.3

800 151.3 151.3 150.3 151.6 156.9 156.3 159.5 160.6

1000 143.0 143.5 142.2 143.4 140.9 140.8 151.7 152.0

1250 135.3 137.2 133.4 139.3 135.7 134.9 145.5 146.5

1600 NA NA NA 145.1 NA 142.7 151.5 154.5

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Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(18 kts)

Pass 7

(33 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

2000 NA 134.0 134.1 138.2 134.5 131.9 145.6 146.9

2500 NA 136.9 136.4 144.3 139.0 137.2 149.7 152.0

3150 NA NA NA 146.5 NA NA 146.2 148.6

4000 NA 137.2 NA 143.4 NA NA 148.0 150.5

5000 NA NA NA 141.8 NA NA 148.2 150.8

6300 NA NA NA 139.6 NA NA 149.1 151.2

8000 NA NA NA 135.2 NA NA 149.0 150.8

10000 NA NA NA 133.4 NA NA 149.5 150.5

12500 NA NA NA 130.8 NA NA 150.1 150.8

16000 NA NA NA 128.7 NA NA 149.5 149.7

20000 NA NA NA 126.9 125.7 125.4 149.9 149.3

25000 122.6 124.3 122.6 125.2 126.0 125.6 149.1 148.1

31500 121.9 123.3 121.8 122.9 123.8 123.7 149.0 146.4

40000 120.6 121.8 120.6 120.7 121.7 121.6 147.3 143.9

50000 120.0 121.0 119.8 120.0 121.9 121.9 146.4 142.9

63000 120.3 121.0 120.1 120.5 120.9 121.0 145.4 141.0

Table C-3. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V02 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(14 kts)

Pass 4

(15 kts)

Pass 5

(20 kts)

Pass 6

(20 kts)

Pass 7

(22 kts)

Pass 8

(24 kts)

Pass 9

(25 kts)

Broadband 165.7 168.2 169.8 172.1 171.9 175.9 179.2 175.7 179.8

10 NA 133.8 133.8 134.9 137.2 127.0 127.7 129.4 129.0

13 NA 131.8 132.1 132.5 136.1 128.2 126.6 129.6 127.0

16 NA 129.6 131.7 132.9 133.6 132.6 140.9 138.0 141.0

20 144.5 140.4 140.1 134.3 135.6 136.1 144.8 136.3 144.9

25 140.3 131.4 135.3 139.4 138.5 140.6 141.9 139.2 142.1

31 142.9 135.4 138.0 140.6 141.0 148.6 145.6 147.2 146.8

40 147.2 136.6 144.2 144.1 144.8 142.2 146.0 144.1 148.5

50 151.4 151.9 152.3 146.8 146.3 145.4 151.3 146.2 152.2

63 153.9 NA 144.1 158.9 155.0 153.7 155.1 150.9 155.6

80 149.3 137.6 142.6 147.2 148.1 165.9 166.6 163.5 166.9

100 148.7 141.3 144.3 144.2 143.9 153.9 165.4 153.8 169.1

125 146.3 NA 142.4 154.5 154.0 154.9 157.6 154.3 157.5

160 146.7 149.9 151.0 155.6 155.7 166.3 167.4 165.8 169.3

200 145.6 155.5 159.5 163.5 163.7 162.0 168.3 162.4 169.6

250 154.5 163.3 165.9 165.7 165.2 168.7 173.2 168.9 173.6

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(6 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(14 kts)

Pass 4

(15 kts)

Pass 5

(20 kts)

Pass 6

(20 kts)

Pass 7

(22 kts)

Pass 8

(24 kts)

Pass 9

(25 kts)

315 148.5 163.6 163.5 165.9 165.5 168.1 170.3 168.2 170.0

400 148.0 157.6 157.3 161.5 162.5 166.6 167.7 167.0 168.0

500 152.3 153.1 154.1 156.5 158.3 163.4 166.6 163.0 166.5

630 153.4 150.4 150.3 150.6 150.1 156.5 161.6 156.7 160.7

800 155.2 149.2 149.1 154.1 152.1 158.6 163.0 158.8 163.1

1000 154.8 148.6 149.7 154.0 153.1 159.2 163.0 158.9 162.6

1250 157.6 147.4 148.8 154.6 153.2 157.6 161.0 157.7 161.7

1600 155.7 147.3 150.9 153.6 152.8 156.9 160.2 156.9 160.9

2000 151.0 146.2 149.0 152.5 152.1 156.1 159.3 155.7 159.0

2500 151.0 148.1 151.6 154.9 154.0 158.3 161.4 158.0 161.4

3150 150.9 146.1 150.8 151.8 151.5 155.0 158.0 154.6 157.4

4000 147.5 147.8 150.8 153.8 153.2 156.8 160.0 156.6 159.9

5000 149.0 147.1 150.6 153.1 153.0 155.5 159.6 155.7 159.0

6300 144.4 146.3 148.9 152.3 152.3 154.6 159.5 154.8 159.6

8000 142.5 145.3 148.5 151.9 151.5 154.4 159.5 154.6 159.8

10000 139.9 144.2 148.0 151.1 150.5 153.6 159.1 153.6 159.4

12500 136.5 143.1 146.5 150.9 150.0 153.6 159.3 153.3 159.7

16000 132.3 141.3 144.3 149.3 148.0 152.5 158.8 151.9 158.8

20000 129.6 139.9 141.4 148.3 147.1 152.3 159.1 151.6 159.3

25000 128.8 138.3 138.7 146.9 146.0 151.5 158.2 150.5 159.0

31500 129.0 138.0 137.5 146.6 145.8 151.2 157.9 150.0 158.1

40000 127.0 136.7 135.8 145.4 144.5 149.7 156.1 148.3 156.5

50000 126.1 135.5 134.9 144.5 143.3 148.5 154.6 147.8 156.3

63000 126.9 135.4 134.5 143.8 142.1 147.7 154.1 146.1 152.7

Table C-4. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V02 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(14 kts)

Pass 4

(15 kts)

Pass 5

(20 kts)

Pass 6

(20 kts)

Pass 7

(22 kts)

Pass 8

(24 kts)

Pass 9

(25 kts)

Broadband 167.8 165.8 167.4 170.6 170.4 175.4 178.1 175.1 179.4

10 NA 154.5 153.9 155.3 157.2 147.5 148.3 149.4 148.6

13 NA 149.2 148.9 149.7 153.0 145.4 144.0 146.4 143.5

16 NA 144.2 146.1 147.5 148.0 147.2 155.6 152.4 155.2

20 157.9 154.0 153.5 147.8 149.0 149.7 158.4 149.7 158.3

25 152.4 144.1 147.6 152.0 150.7 153.2 154.6 151.4 154.1

31 151.8 144.8 146.9 149.8 149.9 157.8 155.1 156.1 155.6

40 155.7 145.5 152.7 152.9 153.3 151.0 154.8 152.7 156.9

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Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(14 kts)

Pass 4

(15 kts)

Pass 5

(20 kts)

Pass 6

(20 kts)

Pass 7

(22 kts)

Pass 8

(24 kts)

Pass 9

(25 kts)

50 157.5 158.1 158.4 153.0 152.4 151.7 157.6 152.3 158.2

63 158.6 NA 148.8 163.9 159.8 158.7 160.3 155.6 160.2

80 153.2 141.7 146.6 151.3 152.0 170.0 170.7 167.5 170.8

100 151.8 144.8 147.5 147.6 147.1 157.3 168.9 157.0 172.2

125 148.7 NA 144.8 157.0 156.4 157.4 160.2 156.7 159.9

160 146.8 150.3 151.1 155.9 155.8 166.6 168.0 166.0 169.3

200 142.0 152.3 156.0 160.1 160.2 158.7 165.2 158.9 165.9

250 148.1 157.3 159.5 159.6 158.8 162.6 167.3 162.6 167.1

315 142.7 157.7 157.8 160.1 159.7 162.4 164.4 162.4 164.3

400 151.1 158.3 160.0 162.7 165.3 167.8 168.2 169.6 171.4

500 146.7 149.1 148.8 152.1 152.9 159.0 162.7 157.8 160.7

630 150.3 146.0 146.9 146.4 146.7 152.3 157.0 153.2 157.9

800 161.6 153.6 155.2 158.8 158.2 163.4 167.2 164.8 169.6

1000 151.3 148.6 146.9 153.3 150.2 158.6 163.5 156.4 158.8

1250 152.8 143.0 144.1 150.2 148.5 153.2 156.5 153.0 156.9

1600 157.3 145.6 151.9 152.7 153.8 155.9 158.3 157.6 162.9

2000 146.1 142.9 144.4 148.9 147.5 152.6 156.1 151.2 153.9

2500 148.7 145.6 149.3 152.5 151.8 155.9 158.8 155.7 159.2

3150 148.1 142.6 148.0 148.6 148.6 151.7 154.3 151.7 154.4

4000 143.9 144.6 147.2 150.5 149.6 153.5 156.8 153.1 156.3

5000 145.4 143.5 147.0 149.4 149.3 151.8 156.0 152.1 155.6

6300 141.4 143.4 146.0 149.5 149.4 151.7 156.6 151.9 156.4

8000 139.2 142.0 145.1 148.5 148.2 151.1 156.2 151.2 156.7

10000 136.7 141.0 144.9 148.0 147.5 150.5 155.9 150.6 156.2

12500 133.4 140.1 143.4 147.9 147.0 150.6 156.3 150.3 156.7

16000 129.3 138.2 141.3 146.3 145.0 149.5 155.8 148.9 155.7

20000 126.6 136.9 138.4 145.3 144.1 149.3 156.1 148.6 156.3

25000 125.8 135.3 135.7 143.9 143.0 148.5 155.2 147.4 156.0

31500 126.0 135.0 134.5 143.6 142.7 148.2 154.9 147.0 155.1

40000 124.0 133.7 132.7 142.3 141.5 146.7 153.1 145.3 153.5

50000 123.1 132.5 131.9 141.5 140.3 145.5 151.6 144.7 153.3

63000 123.9 132.4 131.5 140.8 139.0 144.7 151.1 143.1 149.7

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(18 kts)

Pass 7

(34 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

Broadband 161.6 161.7 167.8 167.7 168.7 168.7 173.0 173.8

10 125.6 134.4 131.2 134.8 127.1 126.4 140.7 136.8

13 127.1 132.6 129.6 134.0 126.0 127.6 140.5 134.4

16 126.0 131.3 129.7 133.9 128.0 128.9 137.5 134.6

20 126.8 132.1 145.8 141.6 134.6 135.5 138.2 139.2

25 134.3 135.6 140.6 140.8 146.1 147.8 143.3 144.2

31 135.7 135.6 145.9 145.2 148.9 148.2 145.1 146.5

40 146.7 146.2 144.9 145.6 148.4 149.1 150.3 151.2

50 146.4 146.9 138.2 138.6 141.2 142.2 146.9 147.7

63 145.0 146.2 137.8 136.1 137.4 137.0 145.1 144.2

80 151.7 150.4 141.4 142.5 137.2 137.4 148.2 149.6

100 140.0 139.7 141.9 140.0 147.3 146.9 153.1 152.4

125 138.1 139.8 160.6 160.7 143.5 143.1 153.4 157.9

160 151.4 150.7 146.2 145.4 158.4 157.7 163.6 168.1

200 140.6 142.3 150.7 151.4 148.7 149.2 164.1 163.5

250 149.9 149.8 163.7 163.6 155.4 154.9 162.3 162.6

315 147.7 150.3 151.4 150.7 159.9 158.1 163.0 162.2

400 146.1 147.6 150.0 149.8 152.7 153.7 158.8 157.3

500 153.0 152.3 154.4 154.6 159.3 160.2 159.7 159.3

630 148.7 149.0 152.2 151.4 158.9 157.3 156.0 154.5

800 151.1 149.1 155.0 155.0 157.5 158.8 158.0 156.9

1000 150.6 150.8 153.1 152.9 158.1 159.6 160.0 160.1

1250 147.9 149.3 152.7 152.1 156.3 157.1 157.5 156.5

1600 146.7 147.8 151.8 150.5 156.2 155.4 156.5 158.3

2000 144.2 145.7 149.2 148.5 152.1 152.4 153.8 155.3

2500 146.4 146.6 153.0 153.2 154.7 155.6 162.9 163.8

3150 143.3 145.1 149.5 149.7 153.1 152.2 160.5 158.7

4000 142.7 143.1 149.3 149.2 151.6 150.6 157.3 158.6

5000 141.6 142.9 147.9 146.9 150.2 148.3 157.3 156.3

6300 140.5 141.1 147.1 146.2 148.6 147.4 157.1 155.2

8000 138.8 139.4 145.6 144.9 146.0 145.2 155.4 155.3

10000 138.0 138.4 144.2 143.7 144.4 143.8 153.2 153.3

12500 136.6 137.6 142.6 142.5 143.4 142.2 151.6 151.4

16000 137.0 137.2 142.7 142.5 143.5 142.6 151.8 151.6

20000 136.0 136.3 141.3 141.4 141.8 140.9 149.9 150.6

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(5 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(18 kts)

Pass 7

(34 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

25000 135.7 135.8 140.8 140.6 141.0 140.0 148.8 150.3

31500 136.7 136.2 141.5 141.1 141.4 140.0 149.3 150.4

40000 134.7 134.8 139.3 138.9 139.6 138.3 147.2 148.0

50000 132.4 132.5 136.8 137.0 137.2 136.1 144.4 146.7

63000 131.4 131.8 135.5 134.4 137.0 135.2 143.2 145.3

Table C-6. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V03 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(18 kts)

Pass 7

(34 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

Broadband 164.1 164.5 168.8 168.5 170.2 170.4 172.4 173.6

10 147.4 156.8 152.8 155.8 149.3 148.2 162.2 157.5

13 145.7 152.0 147.9 151.7 145.2 146.3 159.0 151.8

16 142.0 147.9 145.6 149.3 144.5 145.0 153.5 149.9

20 141.4 146.6 160.3 156.0 149.2 150.0 152.7 153.5

25 148.7 150.3 154.7 154.0 160.7 162.3 157.3 157.1

31 146.5 147.1 156.4 155.3 160.2 159.1 155.7 156.3

40 156.5 156.0 154.6 154.9 158.2 158.9 159.9 160.5

50 153.8 154.9 145.5 145.7 149.0 149.7 154.1 154.7

63 151.4 153.1 144.0 141.8 144.2 143.5 151.3 149.7

80 156.8 155.8 146.5 147.3 142.5 142.5 153.2 154.3

100 144.5 144.1 146.4 144.2 151.7 151.4 157.5 156.3

125 141.6 143.8 164.0 164.1 147.3 146.6 156.8 161.1

160 153.3 153.1 147.8 146.7 160.7 159.7 165.3 169.0

200 138.8 141.5 148.7 148.9 147.8 147.7 162.1 160.6

250 144.7 145.4 158.4 157.7 150.8 149.9 157.0 156.5

315 141.2 143.8 144.9 143.9 153.4 151.6 156.5 155.5

400 141.5 142.4 145.6 145.7 147.6 149.0 154.4 153.4

500 147.5 147.6 148.7 148.4 154.5 154.9 154.0 153.0

630 143.3 142.8 147.2 147.8 152.8 151.7 151.0 151.9

800 154.4 150.2 159.0 161.8 158.9 161.6 162.3 164.3

1000 155.4 158.1 156.4 151.1 165.3 165.2 162.8 156.9

1250 143.2 145.3 147.8 146.3 152.1 152.5 152.5 150.8

1600 143.1 143.0 148.8 150.7 151.5 151.5 153.8 160.6

2000 142.3 146.8 146.8 143.8 152.9 151.0 151.2 150.0

2500 143.1 142.1 150.1 151.5 150.4 152.0 160.2 161.9

3150 139.1 141.5 145.4 146.6 149.3 147.9 156.5 155.9

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Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(18 kts)

Pass 7

(34 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

4000 139.5 140.4 146.1 145.8 148.9 147.5 154.1 155.0

5000 138.9 139.9 144.8 143.1 147.4 145.7 154.2 152.7

6300 136.8 138.2 143.6 143.4 145.5 143.7 153.8 152.2

8000 135.6 136.2 142.5 141.5 142.8 142.1 152.2 152.1

10000 134.9 135.0 140.8 140.6 141.2 140.8 149.8 150.1

12500 133.6 134.6 139.6 139.5 140.4 139.2 148.6 148.4

16000 134.0 134.2 139.7 139.5 140.5 139.5 148.7 148.6

20000 132.9 133.2 138.3 138.4 138.8 137.9 146.9 147.6

25000 132.7 132.7 137.8 137.6 138.0 137.0 145.8 147.3

31500 133.7 133.2 138.5 138.1 138.4 137.0 146.3 147.4

40000 131.7 131.8 136.3 135.9 136.6 135.3 144.2 145.0

50000 129.3 129.5 133.8 134.0 134.2 133.1 141.4 143.7

63000 128.4 128.8 132.4 131.4 133.9 132.2 140.2 142.3

Table C-7. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V04 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(8 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(17 kts)

Pass 7

(34 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

Pass 9

(38 kts)

Broadband 164.8 164.6 163.9 166.6 166.0 167.7 172.2 172.0 174.3

10 154.6 147.1 156.9 149.3 143.7 150.1 153.7 149.3 150.7

13 156.0 146.5 156.1 147.7 142.6 148.2 153.4 148.4 152.8

16 151.6 144.5 153.4 146.8 140.2 145.9 149.8 145.2 148.5

20 151.2 142.4 151.6 143.5 147.3 148.4 143.4 145.0 142.4

25 149.0 141.0 148.7 143.4 141.6 144.0 141.5 143.0 143.9

31 146.4 145.7 149.1 145.8 143.1 146.6 146.9 153.2 147.6

40 146.0 142.8 148.0 143.9 141.3 145.3 148.1 148.7 153.6

50 143.5 142.1 145.5 142.6 140.3 141.6 148.6 150.2 149.0

63 142.7 137.4 142.6 140.2 144.6 147.4 155.7 155.6 150.1

80 155.6 140.5 151.3 141.5 144.7 147.5 151.2 152.0 154.6

100 137.3 154.9 139.9 161.1 151.2 151.6 156.8 154.3 152.5

125 139.7 151.7 140.2 155.3 161.6 164.4 151.6 152.0 153.7

160 153.5 148.1 153.2 150.6 147.5 150.3 155.5 156.0 161.7

200 149.3 151.9 144.6 154.7 146.5 149.4 161.8 161.2 164.6

250 157.9 153.6 155.9 154.5 155.0 156.7 161.6 160.6 164.9

315 150.0 156.3 153.3 153.5 152.3 148.3 155.2 155.1 156.7

400 148.5 150.2 145.6 150.2 151.9 152.8 155.0 154.5 157.5

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Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(17 kts)

Pass 7

(34 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

Pass 9

(38 kts)

500 150.1 148.9 149.0 152.3 149.0 151.7 156.3 157.5 158.7

630 149.9 150.2 148.0 148.6 147.9 147.2 156.7 156.3 158.5

800 151.1 148.9 150.7 150.8 149.1 149.6 155.8 156.1 159.6

1000 151.8 152.3 150.8 153.7 149.7 151.1 159.4 158.8 160.8

1250 149.3 150.8 149.0 150.4 152.0 152.8 159.1 157.8 160.1

1600 149.0 149.9 148.8 150.8 150.7 152.3 158.6 158.6 161.2

2000 147.6 148.7 147.4 150.2 149.7 150.9 159.8 159.9 160.8

2500 151.9 151.9 151.0 154.1 153.7 155.4 162.6 162.2 164.4

3150 147.9 149.7 147.0 151.4 152.5 153.1 160.6 162.0 162.3

4000 147.0 148.8 146.5 150.2 151.3 151.3 159.6 159.6 161.4

5000 145.8 147.6 145.5 149.0 149.2 149.7 158.3 158.7 160.8

6300 144.4 146.6 144.2 147.3 147.5 147.0 157.1 157.7 157.7

8000 143.3 145.1 143.3 145.9 145.6 145.7 155.0 154.7 157.3

10000 143.2 143.5 142.2 144.9 143.2 144.3 154.4 153.8 156.4

12500 140.2 142.9 141.5 142.6 141.7 140.8 152.2 150.2 152.4

16000 141.9 142.5 140.4 142.1 140.9 139.0 152.2 149.0 154.0

20000 142.6 141.2 139.9 142.1 139.2 139.7 152.5 149.9 154.2

25000 141.7 141.3 140.7 142.2 138.9 137.9 152.1 148.9 152.8

31500 141.9 140.9 139.9 140.8 138.7 136.9 152.1 147.6 153.4

40000 139.4 139.3 137.7 139.5 137.1 133.6 149.5 146.1 151.6

50000 137.1 138.2 137.0 137.0 136.2 132.2 148.4 144.3 150.6

63000 135.3 138.3 135.5 136.9 136.4 131.4 149.6 143.6 148.8

Table C-8. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V04 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(8 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(17 kts)

Pass 7

(34 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

Pass 9

(38 kts)

Broadband 168.7 167.0 169.9 168.7 169.1 170.1 171.2 172.0 173.2

10 174.2 170.2 178.5 169.8 166.0 170.1 173.4 169.5 170.6

13 172.5 167.2 174.5 164.9 162.5 164.9 170.0 165.3 169.4

16 166.0 161.8 169.4 161.9 156.7 160.5 164.2 160.0 163.0

20 165.0 157.2 166.1 157.7 161.8 162.4 157.2 159.1 156.4

25 160.3 155.5 163.0 155.7 156.3 155.8 153.0 154.9 155.6

31 155.8 157.8 159.8 155.5 154.7 156.1 156.3 162.7 157.0

40 154.2 152.4 157.7 152.9 151.0 153.9 156.4 157.5 162.1

50 150.0 150.9 152.8 149.5 148.4 148.3 155.2 157.0 155.6

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(8 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(15 kts)

Pass 6

(17 kts)

Pass 7

(34 kts)

Pass 8

(35 kts)

Pass 9

(38 kts)

63 147.9 144.5 148.9 145.6 151.6 152.7 160.9 161.0 155.4

80 159.8 146.1 156.4 146.2 150.1 151.9 155.4 156.4 158.8

100 141.0 159.5 144.3 164.7 155.5 155.3 160.6 157.9 156.2

125 142.2 155.7 143.6 158.4 165.5 167.1 154.1 154.8 156.3

160 152.7 151.0 154.9 151.2 150.1 150.2 154.8 156.2 161.3

200 144.7 152.1 142.8 151.3 146.0 145.2 157.3 157.4 160.3

250 151.1 150.0 150.7 148.1 150.8 150.0 154.8 154.1 158.2

315 144.6 150.1 146.8 147.1 145.9 142.4 149.6 149.0 151.0

400 144.3 144.3 141.4 147.4 146.5 149.4 151.0 151.5 153.7

500 144.0 145.9 143.8 145.8 145.5 145.3 150.1 151.0 152.4

630 152.1 143.9 142.7 146.9 141.6 147.7 158.5 155.9 159.7

800 156.7 147.2 154.1 158.3 149.3 156.5 161.8 163.4 166.1

1000 146.6 158.6 155.1 149.7 157.0 146.1 154.2 154.0 155.7

1250 145.1 148.9 144.3 145.0 148.4 148.2 154.9 152.8 155.6

1600 147.0 144.4 145.3 154.1 145.7 153.0 157.0 160.9 160.5

2000 144.1 151.1 145.4 144.9 151.6 146.3 156.0 154.9 156.6

2500 147.7 147.5 147.8 152.0 149.0 151.8 158.4 159.3 160.3

3150 144.5 148.1 142.8 148.2 149.5 150.1 157.3 158.9 159.1

4000 144.4 145.9 143.3 146.6 148.6 147.7 156.9 155.7 158.4

5000 142.5 144.1 142.7 145.8 145.8 147.4 155.2 156.5 158.0

6300 141.2 143.4 140.6 143.8 144.9 144.0 154.0 154.3 154.6

8000 139.4 141.9 140.2 143.1 142.3 142.2 151.7 151.4 153.7

10000 140.0 140.4 139.0 141.6 139.9 141.1 151.3 150.7 153.3

12500 140.3 139.9 138.5 139.6 138.7 137.8 149.2 147.2 149.4

16000 138.0 139.5 137.4 139.0 137.8 136.0 149.1 146.0 151.0

20000 144.2 138.1 136.9 139.1 136.2 136.7 149.5 146.9 151.2

25000 141.6 138.3 137.7 139.2 135.9 134.9 149.1 145.8 149.8

31500 138.2 137.9 136.9 137.8 135.7 133.9 149.1 144.6 150.4

40000 135.5 136.3 134.7 136.5 134.1 130.6 146.5 143.1 148.6

50000 133.3 135.2 134.0 134.0 133.2 129.2 145.4 141.3 147.6

63000 136.1 135.2 132.5 133.9 133.3 128.4 146.6 140.6 145.7

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Table C-9. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V05 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(7 kts)

Pass 3

(8 kts)

Pass 4

(9 kts)

Pass 5

(11 kts)

Pass 6

(15 kts)

Pass 7

(17 kts)

Pass 8

(36 kts)

Pass 9

(39 kts)

Pass 10

(39 kts)

Broadband 173.6 172.9 169.2 173.4 170.4 170.2 172.5 171.7 173.5 173.1

10 172.1 168.7 163.2 170.3 167.0 164.9 168.0 164.3 168.6 160.5

13 172.8 169.5 163.8 170.8 166.4 165.2 168.5 163.0 167.8 158.6

16 171.3 171.5 163.5 171.6 166.3 165.2 168.4 163.4 168.5 159.6

20 170.0 169.0 161.8 169.9 164.4 164.0 167.6 161.3 166.7 157.5

25 166.6 167.1 159.2 166.3 162.9 161.3 164.7 159.8 163.7 155.9

31 165.4 163.7 158.1 164.9 160.7 159.3 162.8 159.6 159.9 154.9

40 163.6 162.1 158.3 163.2 159.8 158.7 161.9 158.6 159.6 156.3

50 158.5 156.5 153.3 157.7 155.0 153.8 156.6 155.9 154.3 150.6

63 161.1 155.1 151.3 154.6 151.4 151.1 154.4 154.1 155.1 150.8

80 153.6 155.2 158.0 155.1 150.8 150.4 152.7 151.9 155.7 155.0

100 151.9 150.5 158.1 152.7 156.9 153.8 154.2 150.5 152.4 152.8

125 153.3 NA 149.8 147.7 150.5 163.1 163.4 152.3 150.0 150.0

160 145.0 155.5 152.5 155.5 153.0 150.6 149.9 151.0 155.3 157.1

200 146.8 148.1 157.6 150.0 158.8 149.0 149.5 156.9 158.1 159.1

250 147.2 156.4 155.0 155.0 155.2 157.7 157.6 160.8 162.3 162.8

315 142.4 147.5 156.7 148.5 153.5 151.4 151.7 156.7 157.3 158.8

400 NA 144.8 150.1 145.2 150.0 148.5 149.2 152.0 152.6 153.8

500 NA 149.3 152.7 148.4 152.6 149.9 150.1 155.8 157.0 157.4

630 NA 145.5 149.4 145.9 148.6 146.2 146.4 154.3 154.5 156.3

800 NA 149.0 150.5 148.9 150.2 149.9 150.4 156.1 157.1 157.9

1000 137.3 148.1 151.8 148.8 151.5 149.7 149.7 157.4 157.5 158.1

1250 139.8 144.0 150.9 146.1 151.2 150.7 150.4 157.6 156.0 157.7

1600 138.7 145.1 148.4 145.4 148.4 149.4 149.2 155.6 157.0 158.8

2000 135.2 142.7 148.4 143.8 148.3 148.0 149.1 157.2 157.7 156.9

2500 139.5 147.1 151.9 147.3 152.6 152.8 152.8 160.4 160.3 161.1

3150 135.8 143.0 149.6 143.5 149.1 152.1 151.1 158.1 157.9 159.9

4000 136.4 143.5 149.0 143.2 148.5 151.8 149.9 157.9 159.0 160.2

5000 134.7 142.4 147.3 141.2 147.1 149.3 148.4 157.3 158.3 159.7

6300 133.3 140.6 145.3 141.4 145.4 146.2 146.2 155.3 156.7 159.5

8000 132.6 139.2 143.8 139.2 143.9 144.1 144.4 154.3 156.6 159.6

10000 132.4 139.5 142.9 140.1 143.7 143.2 143.5 153.3 156.3 159.4

12500 131.0 136.7 141.6 137.9 141.5 141.3 141.5 151.1 154.7 159.0

16000 130.1 138.1 139.5 137.4 140.1 139.7 140.3 149.5 152.4 157.7

20000 130.1 136.8 139.1 137.5 140.0 139.1 139.9 149.3 152.1 156.7

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(7 kts)

Pass 3

(8 kts)

Pass 4

(9 kts)

Pass 5

(11 kts)

Pass 6

(15 kts)

Pass 7

(17 kts)

Pass 8

(36 kts)

Pass 9

(39 kts)

Pass 10

(39 kts)

25000 127.6 135.3 137.2 136.0 138.1 137.5 138.0 147.7 150.5 154.8

31500 127.9 134.7 136.1 135.4 137.4 136.1 137.1 145.6 148.1 153.0

40000 127.0 134.5 135.3 133.9 135.7 135.0 135.3 144.1 146.5 151.2

50000 NA 130.3 133.6 131.1 133.5 133.0 132.5 141.5 144.6 149.8

63000 122.9 128.9 131.9 129.9 132.1 131.8 131.3 140.2 143.1 150.0

Table C-10. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V05 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(7 kts)

Pass 3

(8 kts)

Pass 4

(9 kts)

Pass 5

(11 kts)

Pass 6

(15 kts)

Pass 7

(17 kts)

Pass 8

(36 kts)

Pass 9

(39 kts)

Pass 10

(39 kts)

Broadband 187.0 186.0 179.5 186.4 181.9 181.2 184.5 179.7 183.4 177.5

10 194.6 190.2 185.2 191.6 188.4 186.6 189.6 186.0 189.9 184.4

13 192.6 187.9 182.6 188.9 184.6 183.7 186.8 181.5 185.8 180.8

16 188.1 187.3 179.6 187.3 182.0 181.2 184.2 179.4 184.3 178.1

20 184.5 183.4 176.3 184.4 178.8 178.5 182.1 175.8 181.1 172.6

25 181.2 181.2 173.6 180.1 176.9 175.6 178.8 174.1 177.6 169.9

31 177.0 174.2 169.1 175.2 171.2 170.0 173.3 170.3 170.2 168.9

40 173.3 171.7 168.1 172.7 169.5 168.5 171.5 168.4 169.2 166.1

50 166.6 163.8 160.9 164.9 162.3 161.1 163.9 163.3 161.5 160.4

63 167.9 161.3 157.9 160.6 157.5 157.5 160.5 160.4 161.1 157.8

80 159.0 160.2 163.2 160.0 155.8 155.4 157.7 157.0 160.6 160.8

100 156.3 155.0 162.5 157.0 161.3 158.3 158.6 154.9 156.7 157.7

125 157.2 NA 153.4 151.0 153.9 166.6 166.8 155.8 153.3 154.1

160 147.4 157.2 154.4 157.1 154.7 152.4 151.6 152.7 156.9 160.5

200 146.1 146.1 156.1 147.9 156.7 147.3 147.5 155.2 156.0 160.3

250 142.9 151.1 150.0 149.6 149.8 152.5 152.3 155.6 156.7 160.4

315 136.0 141.0 150.2 141.9 147.0 144.9 145.2 150.2 150.7 153.2

400 NA 140.8 145.6 141.3 146.0 144.2 145.2 147.8 148.7 147.4

500 NA 143.9 147.9 142.8 147.1 144.9 144.7 150.7 151.4 153.8

630 NA 140.5 143.7 141.3 143.8 140.9 141.3 149.0 150.0 150.9

800 NA 153.1 153.2 153.8 154.8 153.2 154.5 159.5 162.4 153.7

1000 144.7 151.3 157.5 150.7 153.9 154.5 153.0 161.8 158.7 162.4

1250 135.8 139.1 146.3 141.0 146.2 146.0 145.5 152.9 150.7 160.7

1600 133.9 142.2 144.4 143.3 145.9 145.8 146.3 152.3 155.0 153.3

2000 136.1 140.1 147.1 140.7 145.5 146.1 146.5 155.2 154.4 155.0

2500 135.0 144.3 148.4 145.0 150.0 149.5 149.9 157.2 158.1 158.5

3150 132.3 138.9 145.4 139.6 145.1 147.9 147.0 154.0 154.1 158.0

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(7 kts)

Pass 3

(8 kts)

Pass 4

(9 kts)

Pass 5

(11 kts)

Pass 6

(15 kts)

Pass 7

(17 kts)

Pass 8

(36 kts)

Pass 9

(39 kts)

Pass 10

(39 kts)

4000 133.8 140.3 146.0 140.0 145.3 148.6 146.7 154.7 155.9 156.4

5000 131.5 139.6 144.8 138.0 144.1 146.7 145.6 154.7 155.1 156.6

6300 130.6 137.1 141.6 138.2 142.1 142.5 142.7 151.6 153.6 156.1

8000 129.4 136.1 140.6 136.0 140.8 141.0 141.3 151.1 153.4 156.5

10000 129.0 136.3 139.9 136.8 140.3 140.1 140.3 150.2 153.0 156.2

12500 127.9 133.7 138.6 134.9 138.5 138.3 138.5 148.1 151.7 156.0

16000 127.1 135.1 136.5 134.4 137.1 136.7 137.3 146.5 149.4 154.7

20000 127.1 133.8 136.1 134.5 137.0 136.1 136.9 146.3 149.0 153.7

25000 124.5 132.3 134.2 133.0 135.1 134.5 135.0 144.6 147.4 151.8

31500 124.9 131.7 133.1 132.4 134.4 133.1 134.1 142.6 145.1 149.9

40000 124.0 131.5 132.3 130.8 132.7 132.0 132.2 141.1 143.5 148.2

50000 NA 127.3 130.5 128.1 130.5 130.0 129.5 138.5 141.5 146.7

63000 119.9 125.9 128.9 126.9 129.0 128.8 128.3 137.2 140.1 147.0

Table C-11. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V06 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(7 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(34 kts)

Pass 6

(37 kts)

Broadband 167.7 163.7 168.5 167.0 172.3 172.8

10 166.7 158.1 159.8 NA 162.1 169.2

13 165.8 157.6 161.5 NA 162.7 166.8

16 165.8 156.3 161.0 NA 164.5 161.4

20 162.0 154.6 156.3 NA 159.0 161.5

25 159.0 150.8 154.7 NA 158.3 158.2

31 157.1 151.2 152.8 NA 155.1 156.4

40 156.9 152.5 152.0 NA 154.2 NA

50 160.3 156.6 148.8 147.4 NA NA

63 153.3 151.3 145.6 145.4 NA 149.3

80 159.5 159.3 141.5 NA NA 148.7

100 147.6 143.7 141.4 NA 144.6 144.6

125 142.7 141.4 143.7 142.1 158.3 158.6

160 143.1 141.9 156.3 156.1 146.2 145.6

200 141.1 139.5 152.8 154.0 150.4 152.3

250 143.9 142.9 159.4 159.1 159.6 158.4

315 140.8 139.3 164.9 163.4 157.7 158.4

400 138.5 139.7 151.9 152.7 160.8 163.9

500 137.4 137.1 152.4 151.8 164.1 164.1

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(7 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(34 kts)

Pass 6

(37 kts)

630 137.4 136.9 149.0 148.7 157.2 157.9

800 139.2 139.2 150.4 149.2 156.9 156.5

1000 141.3 141.3 151.4 151.3 157.3 158.5

1250 139.9 140.8 148.7 148.7 157.4 157.3

1600 142.1 140.2 149.7 149.4 157.0 158.3

2000 141.6 138.8 149.3 148.7 156.5 157.2

2500 144.5 142.4 151.0 151.3 158.4 159.9

3150 141.1 137.3 148.1 146.4 161.6 160.2

4000 141.6 137.4 148.8 148.4 161.7 161.4

5000 137.4 136.2 146.7 146.1 159.1 158.6

6300 137.2 134.4 145.3 144.5 154.8 155.2

8000 136.2 133.1 144.0 142.8 154.3 154.9

10000 133.7 133.5 143.7 142.5 153.0 153.1

12500 131.1 131.5 141.7 139.7 151.0 149.8

16000 129.3 130.7 139.7 NA 148.4 147.6

20000 129.6 130.9 138.9 140.7 147.9 147.5

25000 127.8 129.3 137.4 NA 147.1 145.2

31500 127.4 129.2 136.2 NA 146.1 145.4

40000 125.2 127.0 135.0 135.7 145.2 143.4

50000 136.4 124.2 134.5 135.3 143.2 141.8

63000 123.9 123.8 131.3 129.8 142.7 139.7

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Table C-12. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V06 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(7 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(34 kts)

Pass 6

(37 kts)

Broadband 179.1 172.7 174.3 164.5 177.6 178.3

10 187.8 179.0 181.1 NA 184.3 190.1

13 183.6 175.2 179.6 NA 181.9 184.4

16 181.4 171.7 176.7 NA 180.6 176.9

20 176.4 168.9 170.8 NA 173.5 175.9

25 172.5 163.7 168.8 NA 172.9 171.4

31 167.3 161.3 163.2 NA 165.8 166.5

40 166.4 161.8 161.7 NA 164.1 NA

50 167.5 163.7 156.1 154.5 NA NA

63 159.1 157.0 152.0 151.2 NA 155.0

80 164.3 164.1 146.5 NA NA 153.5

100 151.9 147.8 145.8 NA 149.2 148.7

125 146.1 144.7 147.1 145.4 161.9 162.0

160 144.6 143.0 158.0 157.5 148.2 146.8

200 138.8 136.9 150.7 151.5 148.9 149.8

250 138.1 136.9 154.0 153.2 154.6 152.5

315 134.1 132.6 158.3 156.6 151.2 151.6

400 134.3 135.7 147.5 148.6 156.2 159.9

500 131.4 130.8 146.7 145.7 158.8 157.9

630 133.4 133.8 144.2 145.1 151.7 154.6

800 145.6 146.4 154.9 156.1 160.0 163.5

1000 140.6 138.9 154.1 149.6 162.6 156.5

1250 134.3 135.1 143.7 142.9 152.8 151.5

1600 141.4 141.3 147.1 149.7 153.3 159.0

2000 137.3 133.9 146.5 144.0 155.0 152.4

2500 142.8 140.7 148.4 149.7 155.0 158.3

3150 137.7 134.5 144.0 143.4 157.4 157.3

4000 138.4 133.9 145.6 145.0 158.7 157.9

5000 133.7 132.3 143.7 142.3 156.6 154.8

6300 134.4 131.7 142.0 141.7 151.1 152.4

8000 132.8 129.6 140.9 139.4 151.2 151.5

10000 130.5 130.6 140.5 139.5 149.9 150.1

12500 128.1 128.5 138.7 136.7 148.0 146.7

16000 126.3 127.7 136.7 NA 145.4 144.6

20000 126.6 127.9 135.9 137.7 144.9 144.4

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(7 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(12 kts)

Pass 5

(34 kts)

Pass 6

(37 kts)

25000 124.8 126.3 134.4 NA 144.1 142.2

31500 124.4 126.2 133.2 NA 143.1 142.4

40000 122.2 124.0 132.0 132.6 142.2 140.4

50000 133.4 121.2 131.5 132.3 140.1 138.8

63000 120.9 120.8 128.3 126.8 139.6 136.7

Table C-13. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V07 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(24 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

Broadband 160.4 165.7 163.7 165.5 169.3 173.1

10 128.5 139.3 140.2 NA 130.3 133.6

13 125.9 136.7 139.1 NA 127.5 133.9

16 128.8 135.5 136.7 127.6 126.0 137.0

20 126.0 134.8 141.6 141.5 125.6 133.2

25 128.4 134.4 136.7 141.7 131.6 134.7

31 138.0 134.2 137.0 137.6 150.2 142.6

40 137.1 138.9 151.3 152.0 143.1 149.9

50 147.3 144.4 145.9 151.5 131.9 129.0

63 151.7 165.1 142.4 141.9 128.2 125.9

80 133.8 138.2 147.6 143.4 131.3 129.8

100 132.8 133.6 NA 138.7 143.7 138.3

125 146.5 148.5 141.3 140.6 163.4 143.8

160 139.0 NA 156.1 160.1 145.2 164.5

200 148.6 142.5 145.5 150.6 146.2 152.2

250 145.8 138.9 156.2 158.5 148.5 150.0

315 148.2 144.3 155.5 155.6 142.0 150.5

400 148.8 140.7 151.0 149.7 156.5 158.5

500 151.7 146.2 150.2 150.4 153.0 154.9

630 145.3 143.5 145.6 143.2 154.8 156.9

800 146.5 143.8 145.3 144.3 154.5 154.2

1000 149.4 145.3 148.8 149.3 156.1 159.1

1250 143.7 141.3 145.8 146.4 154.8 158.6

1600 143.6 142.2 145.4 146.2 154.6 161.0

2000 142.4 140.5 144.4 147.0 154.0 159.3

2500 145.7 144.0 148.3 150.6 157.8 162.0

3150 142.8 140.4 144.1 147.6 154.4 159.3

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(24 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

4000 143.8 140.3 145.7 149.0 154.7 159.5

5000 142.9 138.7 146.1 146.0 154.7 158.9

6300 141.5 137.5 144.2 144.6 153.6 158.7

8000 139.8 136.6 143.5 143.4 153.2 158.0

10000 139.9 135.6 143.4 142.6 154.5 159.4

12500 139.8 135.4 142.2 142.4 152.8 158.7

16000 139.5 135.8 142.9 143.5 152.6 159.1

20000 139.4 134.5 142.6 142.5 153.2 160.0

25000 139.1 135.2 140.9 142.2 152.3 159.6

31500 138.1 133.7 140.7 141.3 152.6 159.6

40000 137.1 133.2 139.1 140.5 151.5 158.3

50000 135.2 131.3 137.6 138.7 150.6 149.6

63000 135.8 132.1 137.5 138.8 151.5 NA

Table C-14. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V07 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(24 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

Broadband 162.3 171.1 165.2 167.2 170.1 172.0

10 150.3 160.6 160.4 NA 150.3 153.7

13 144.4 154.6 156.1 NA 144.4 150.9

16 144.4 150.8 151.6 142.9 140.9 151.9

20 140.4 149.1 155.8 155.8 139.8 147.3

25 142.2 147.6 149.3 154.9 144.0 147.2

31 148.5 144.3 146.5 147.5 159.7 152.0

40 146.8 148.3 160.4 161.6 151.9 158.8

50 154.4 151.4 152.8 158.5 138.8 135.9

63 157.8 170.9 147.8 147.6 133.6 131.3

80 138.8 143.1 152.2 148.2 135.8 134.4

100 137.2 137.8 NA 142.8 147.4 141.9

125 149.8 151.7 144.4 143.8 166.4 146.8

160 140.6 NA 156.7 161.0 145.5 164.9

200 146.4 139.7 142.1 147.8 142.5 148.6

250 140.3 133.0 149.8 152.5 142.0 143.6

315 141.7 137.9 149.2 149.2 135.9 144.3

400 144.9 137.5 148.3 146.5 153.6 155.7

500 146.1 140.1 143.7 144.2 146.5 148.5

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(24 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

630 140.4 140.0 144.2 139.7 154.1 155.8

800 150.9 150.2 152.7 150.8 161.8 161.6

1000 151.8 144.1 144.6 148.0 151.4 154.6

1250 138.8 136.0 140.5 141.0 149.8 153.4

1600 141.2 142.8 148.8 146.9 157.3 164.2

2000 139.6 136.3 139.1 142.6 148.9 154.0

2500 143.0 142.1 146.1 148.6 155.2 159.6

3150 138.8 137.5 140.9 144.7 151.2 156.1

4000 140.6 136.9 142.1 145.6 150.9 155.9

5000 139.6 134.8 143.1 142.1 152.3 156.3

6300 138.3 134.7 140.7 141.9 150.1 155.2

8000 136.7 133.2 140.8 139.9 150.2 155.2

10000 136.5 132.6 140.1 139.6 151.3 156.1

12500 136.8 132.4 139.1 139.4 149.8 155.7

16000 136.5 132.8 139.9 140.4 149.6 156.1

20000 136.4 131.5 139.6 139.5 150.2 157.0

25000 136.1 132.2 137.9 139.2 149.3 156.6

31500 135.1 130.7 137.7 138.3 149.6 156.6

40000 134.1 130.2 136.1 137.5 148.5 155.3

50000 132.2 128.3 134.6 135.7 147.6 146.6

63000 132.8 129.1 134.5 135.8 148.5 NA

Table C-15. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V08 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(8 kts)

Pass 2

(10 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(16 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

Broadband 167.6 178.0 169.0 178.1 178.4 179.2

10 136.5 128.6 136.2 NA NA NA

13 138.6 NA 137.9 NA NA NA

16 136.1 NA 134.4 NA 130.0 NA

20 135.7 133.5 135.2 NA 135.0 NA

25 137.0 NA NA 138.1 140.7 NA

31 136.7 NA NA NA 142.7 NA

40 149.4 NA NA NA NA NA

50 NA NA NA NA NA NA

63 149.3 NA NA NA NA NA

80 151.0 154.1 156.1 NA 151.1 NA

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(8 kts)

Pass 2

(10 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(16 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

100 149.6 148.4 NA 154.2 154.4 NA

125 150.0 151.4 160.7 150.0 155.1 158.1

160 154.2 175.7 159.5 173.6 151.4 146.7

200 156.2 157.8 155.0 162.0 173.0 173.1

250 163.7 164.3 161.7 167.3 167.9 166.2

315 154.3 168.6 156.6 169.8 166.3 171.5

400 155.4 163.9 156.7 166.2 166.3 167.1

500 154.5 163.8 157.7 158.7 164.2 165.6

630 153.1 157.6 152.9 162.4 163.2 160.8

800 151.3 159.2 152.7 157.4 161.5 163.2

1000 149.6 159.0 153.2 160.3 161.1 164.1

1250 147.1 155.0 148.8 158.9 157.3 159.0

1600 148.8 158.1 150.3 157.6 159.6 161.3

2000 147.4 155.8 149.1 158.0 159.1 159.7

2500 149.5 158.4 151.4 159.8 161.7 163.1

3150 149.0 156.4 150.4 160.3 161.2 161.5

4000 148.7 158.7 152.2 160.2 162.2 163.5

5000 149.0 159.3 152.3 161.4 163.0 164.2

6300 148.4 158.9 151.9 162.0 163.3 164.1

8000 149.0 158.3 150.8 161.4 164.0 164.2

10000 148.1 158.3 151.1 161.3 163.6 164.2

12500 147.0 157.2 149.5 160.6 163.0 164.0

16000 147.4 156.0 148.3 160.1 163.3 163.2

20000 146.3 155.1 147.0 159.5 163.5 162.4

25000 144.1 154.6 146.4 159.0 163.3 161.2

31500 142.6 153.6 145.7 158.5 161.9 160.4

40000 142.3 152.2 143.3 156.2 160.1 159.1

50000 NA NA NA NA NA NA

63000 NA NA NA NA NA NA

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Table C-16. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V08 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(8 kts)

Pass 2

(10 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(16 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

Broadband 166.5 177.9 169.0 178.5 175.8 176.6

10 156.0 149.4 156.5 NA NA NA

13 154.7 NA 155.1 NA NA NA

16 150.7 NA 149.4 NA 144.8 NA

20 149.6 147.8 149.4 NA 148.9 NA

25 148.7 NA NA 152.4 152.8 NA

31 146.0 NA NA NA 152.1 NA

40 157.5 NA NA NA NA NA

50 NA NA NA NA NA NA

63 154.6 NA NA NA NA NA

80 155.2 158.9 160.8 NA 155.5 NA

100 153.4 152.5 NA 159.2 158.1 NA

125 152.6 154.6 163.8 154.1 157.8 161.3

160 153.5 176.7 160.1 176.8 151.4 147.7

200 151.6 154.9 151.7 162.8 168.9 170.4

250 156.9 158.3 155.4 164.4 161.2 160.4

315 149.0 162.2 150.1 164.0 160.4 165.2

400 151.2 160.8 154.0 160.3 162.9 163.7

500 148.4 157.5 151.3 155.5 157.8 159.5

630 155.3 154.5 151.0 156.7 163.6 157.1

800 156.9 166.0 160.1 154.1 168.5 169.1

1000 144.4 157.0 149.2 165.0 156.1 163.6

1250 142.9 149.5 143.4 161.9 152.7 153.7

1600 146.8 159.4 153.6 152.2 160.5 161.3

2000 144.0 151.1 143.7 157.5 154.4 155.9

2500 145.2 156.5 149.3 157.4 158.2 161.1

3150 145.6 153.6 147.3 159.0 158.2 158.3

4000 146.0 155.1 148.7 156.7 158.6 160.3

5000 145.4 155.5 149.1 158.1 160.8 160.3

6300 145.3 156.1 148.5 158.3 160.2 161.3

8000 144.4 154.9 147.9 158.5 160.5 160.8

10000 144.2 155.3 147.7 157.9 160.5 161.2

12500 153.7 154.2 146.4 157.6 160.0 161.0

16000 142.6 153.0 145.2 157.1 160.3 160.2

20000 147.9 152.1 144.0 156.5 160.5 159.4

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(8 kts)

Pass 2

(10 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(16 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

25000 143.3 151.6 143.4 156.0 160.3 158.2

31500 138.1 150.5 142.7 155.5 158.9 157.4

40000 137.6 149.2 140.3 153.2 157.0 156.1

50000 NA NA NA NA NA NA

63000 NA NA NA NA NA NA

Table C-17. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V09 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(19 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Broadband 171.1 182.9 176.0 178.8 181.2

10 160.0 176.2 173.2 172.2 174.6

13 158.9 177.4 172.6 173.2 175.5

16 157.9 177.4 172.8 174.8 176.2

20 157.7 177.3 170.4 172.9 175.1

25 157.3 177.1 169.0 171.4 175.8

31 158.8 173.9 168.2 169.6 173.9

40 158.2 173.7 166.3 169.3 172.8

50 159.7 170.2 163.5 165.8 167.3

63 158.8 165.2 161.2 164.2 NA

80 158.3 164.0 159.7 162.0 160.3

100 156.3 161.8 158.1 161.3 160.3

125 151.5 159.4 155.2 159.0 157.3

160 149.4 156.9 152.5 155.9 154.3

200 148.4 155.4 154.2 153.4 151.9

250 157.3 158.8 160.5 156.9 154.5

315 157.8 157.7 157.7 161.8 153.3

400 149.8 151.0 149.9 154.1 152.9

500 151.0 150.5 150.7 157.5 158.6

630 146.4 148.1 147.1 160.3 160.6

800 147.6 148.9 148.7 159.5 161.2

1000 149.3 148.4 149.4 155.9 156.1

1250 146.2 147.7 147.3 154.5 156.4

1600 149.5 149.7 148.6 157.9 158.0

2000 145.4 143.6 145.0 151.9 153.7

2500 148.0 146.2 147.5 157.0 157.3

3150 145.9 142.7 144.0 153.7 154.2

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(19 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

4000 146.8 143.6 146.2 154.8 154.6

5000 146.3 144.0 145.2 154.8 154.2

6300 144.7 142.9 144.3 151.0 151.8

8000 143.0 142.7 143.0 149.5 151.0

10000 142.6 142.1 141.7 148.4 150.2

12500 141.5 140.5 140.9 147.4 149.2

16000 141.8 141.5 140.8 147.5 149.1

20000 142.8 144.3 140.0 146.9 148.9

25000 143.7 145.4 139.9 146.9 148.8

31500 141.7 145.0 138.4 145.5 147.6

40000 140.6 143.1 141.8 147.4 147.1

50000 167.1 172.7 162.8 167.1 151.2

63000 143.4 144.3 139.6 146.2 NA

Table C-18. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V09 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(19 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Broadband 177.4 194.5 187.4 190.1 192.8

10 180.9 196.3 193.4 192.9 194.6

13 176.5 194.3 189.7 190.8 192.4

16 173.1 192.3 187.7 189.9 191.1

20 172.0 191.5 184.6 187.2 189.3

25 170.5 189.6 181.7 184.4 188.2

31 168.6 183.4 177.7 179.4 183.4

40 167.8 182.6 175.4 178.7 181.5

50 166.8 177.1 170.4 172.8 174.2

63 164.4 170.7 166.7 169.8 NA

80 163.2 168.6 164.4 166.8 164.9

100 160.3 165.5 161.8 165.3 164.0

125 154.8 162.4 158.3 162.2 160.2

160 150.4 157.3 153.0 156.8 154.6

200 145.6 151.8 150.7 150.5 148.1

250 151.3 152.2 154.1 150.7 148.0

315 151.3 151.4 151.3 155.2 147.2

400 145.8 147.1 146.0 150.2 148.9

500 144.7 144.0 144.2 151.1 152.1

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(9 kts)

Pass 4

(19 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

630 143.3 147.4 146.0 157.6 160.3

800 154.4 156.2 156.2 166.7 168.5

1000 147.3 143.8 145.0 153.0 151.4

1250 140.7 142.6 142.1 148.9 151.4

1600 150.7 152.7 152.0 160.1 160.2

2000 140.7 138.4 139.7 146.9 148.7

2500 146.2 143.6 145.1 155.1 154.3

3150 143.1 139.5 140.8 150.9 151.2

4000 143.2 139.9 142.6 151.2 150.8

5000 142.4 141.5 142.5 151.1 152.1

6300 141.9 139.4 140.7 148.0 148.4

8000 139.6 139.8 140.3 146.2 147.9

10000 139.6 138.8 138.4 145.2 147.0

12500 138.5 137.5 137.9 144.4 146.2

16000 138.8 138.5 137.8 144.5 146.1

20000 139.8 141.3 137.0 143.9 145.9

25000 140.7 142.4 136.9 143.9 145.8

31500 138.7 141.9 135.4 142.5 144.6

40000 137.6 140.1 138.8 144.3 144.0

50000 164.1 169.7 159.8 164.1 148.2

63000 140.4 141.2 136.6 143.2 NA

Table C-19. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V10 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(3 kts)

Pass 2

(3 kts)

Pass 3

(4 kts)

Pass 4

(5 kts)

Pass 5

(5 kts)

Pass 6

(6 kts)

Pass 7

(6 kts)

Broadband 167.8 164.4 171.2 173.2 172.0 169.0 163.8

10 165.1 163.2 168.3 168.6 168.7 167.4 153.1

13 165.3 163.8 168.4 167.7 168.0 167.0 152.6

16 165.6 161.9 168.8 171.0 168.3 167.3 150.7

20 164.3 158.6 167.8 170.4 165.1 164.8 149.5

25 159.5 157.0 165.1 166.8 163.1 161.7 151.8

31 157.9 154.3 161.6 163.4 161.2 158.5 147.4

40 157.7 154.3 160.8 161.8 160.5 157.3 148.5

50 153.0 150.8 154.5 155.5 154.8 152.4 143.4

63 149.3 147.8 151.3 150.8 154.4 153.6 151.8

80 147.5 144.0 149.5 149.2 163.1 148.1 141.7

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(3 kts)

Pass 2

(3 kts)

Pass 3

(4 kts)

Pass 4

(5 kts)

Pass 5

(5 kts)

Pass 6

(6 kts)

Pass 7

(6 kts)

100 145.7 141.7 147.3 147.7 151.3 147.4 141.1

125 NA NA 142.6 143.0 143.8 141.8 136.4

160 NA NA 137.7 138.6 139.3 138.2 133.8

200 141.3 139.2 144.1 145.2 146.8 146.1 142.7

250 143.5 142.4 148.5 147.7 149.6 146.8 147.5

315 143.3 141.6 149.9 148.6 151.2 145.1 143.1

400 147.3 146.7 150.1 151.5 152.1 144.2 146.8

500 148.8 148.6 151.9 151.5 156.2 149.5 148.3

630 147.6 149.4 146.1 146.3 153.4 146.8 149.3

800 146.9 146.3 146.7 146.7 156.4 151.0 152.0

1000 147.9 146.9 147.2 147.8 160.2 154.0 154.6

1250 148.1 146.6 146.4 147.1 157.1 152.8 153.4

1600 151.1 150.6 146.9 148.5 157.6 153.5 154.1

2000 147.2 146.6 144.0 144.9 154.8 150.7 151.2

2500 146.7 146.1 144.8 145.5 156.0 151.6 151.6

3150 144.6 145.0 141.7 143.0 152.6 147.9 148.7

4000 144.4 144.1 141.6 141.7 152.2 147.8 147.1

5000 143.9 142.5 141.3 140.9 151.1 146.4 146.6

6300 141.8 140.5 139.3 139.3 149.3 145.0 145.3

8000 142.5 141.6 139.0 139.3 148.1 143.5 144.1

10000 141.5 141.1 138.7 138.7 147.7 143.2 144.0

12500 139.4 139.3 136.2 136.7 145.6 140.7 140.5

16000 140.5 140.5 134.3 138.0 144.3 139.0 140.6

20000 139.7 139.7 134.2 137.5 144.4 138.7 140.4

25000 137.2 137.3 131.1 135.2 142.6 137.3 139.0

31500 136.9 137.4 130.8 135.0 142.8 136.4 139.2

40000 133.7 134.1 126.2 131.5 140.8 135.4 136.2

50000 NA NA 124.0 128.5 NA 133.3 134.0

63000 NA NA 122.8 126.5 NA 132.1 132.6

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Table C-20. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V10 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(3 kts)

Pass 2

(3 kts)

Pass 3

(4 kts)

Pass 4

(5 kts)

Pass 5

(5 kts)

Pass 6

(6 kts)

Pass 7

(6 kts)

Broadband 179.2 174.4 183.6 185.4 181.9 181.0 168.8

10 184.6 182.5 188.7 188.2 189.5 188.5 172.8

13 181.5 180.0 185.4 184.0 185.4 184.9 169.0

16 179.8 176.0 183.7 185.2 183.5 182.8 165.0

20 177.8 172.1 181.7 184.0 179.1 178.8 163.2

25 170.8 168.1 177.6 178.2 176.1 175.4 163.3

31 166.9 163.3 171.1 172.4 171.0 168.7 156.5

40 165.8 162.2 169.6 170.0 169.5 166.6 156.9

50 159.2 157.0 161.1 161.7 161.4 159.3 149.8

63 154.2 152.6 156.4 155.8 159.7 159.5 156.8

80 151.4 147.8 153.8 153.2 167.5 152.7 145.8

100 149.1 145.1 150.8 151.1 155.0 151.4 144.4

125 NA NA 145.5 145.3 146.7 144.8 138.8

160 NA NA 138.3 138.1 140.4 139.5 133.7

200 136.7 134.6 140.9 140.8 144.2 143.9 138.7

250 136.8 135.7 142.3 141.0 143.7 141.3 140.9

315 138.7 137.3 143.8 143.8 144.8 138.8 137.8

400 146.5 145.3 151.4 151.3 151.8 142.1 147.8

500 142.6 142.4 146.0 145.2 151.0 146.0 142.0

630 148.4 150.8 143.1 146.7 149.3 141.6 148.6

800 153.0 152.0 153.6 153.1 162.3 154.5 158.8

1000 142.9 141.9 144.0 142.8 159.1 157.2 149.9

1250 143.7 142.4 141.2 142.6 152.1 148.1 148.6

1600 150.3 149.0 148.6 148.4 156.7 150.3 156.1

2000 143.2 143.0 139.0 140.6 150.7 148.1 146.3

2500 142.8 142.0 142.8 141.9 154.1 148.7 148.8

3150 141.5 141.7 138.9 139.9 149.3 143.9 145.6

4000 141.3 141.4 137.9 138.3 149.0 144.6 143.3

5000 141.1 139.5 137.7 138.3 147.4 143.6 144.2

6300 138.8 137.5 136.4 136.3 146.4 141.5 141.9

8000 138.9 138.2 135.7 135.8 144.8 140.4 140.9

10000 138.3 138.0 135.6 135.5 144.5 140.0 140.9

12500 136.4 136.3 133.2 133.7 142.6 137.7 137.5

16000 137.5 137.5 131.3 135.0 141.3 136.0 137.6

20000 136.7 136.6 131.1 134.5 141.4 135.7 137.4

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(3 kts)

Pass 2

(3 kts)

Pass 3

(4 kts)

Pass 4

(5 kts)

Pass 5

(5 kts)

Pass 6

(6 kts)

Pass 7

(6 kts)

25000 134.2 134.3 128.1 132.1 139.6 134.3 136.0

31500 133.9 134.4 127.7 132.0 139.7 133.4 136.2

40000 130.7 131.1 123.1 128.5 137.8 132.3 133.2

50000 NA NA 121.0 125.5 NA 130.3 131.0

63000 NA NA 119.8 123.4 NA 129.1 129.6

Table C-21. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V11 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(7 kts)

Pass 4

(7 kts)

Pass 5

(7 kts)

Broadband 166.4 159.0 166.5 177.6 166.7

10 159.3 153.7 167.8 NA NA

13 158.6 155.6 171.1 157.3 NA

16 159.6 153.3 161.5 157.1 156.8

20 162.8 151.3 163.3 160.4 NA

25 159.2 148.1 158.6 160.4 NA

31 NA 152.9 158.4 159.2 151.5

40 151.0 147.1 156.9 161.3 152.6

50 152.5 142.7 154.2 167.7 160.4

63 158.9 147.5 NA 175.2 162.5

80 151.5 150.4 NA 170.5 157.7

100 151.2 NA NA 158.1 153.6

125 149.9 136.9 NA 161.2 151.4

160 148.0 137.8 NA 153.5 147.5

200 142.8 138.0 143.3 146.3 143.7

250 139.6 140.3 NA 148.6 143.1

315 137.7 133.1 NA 146.7 140.5

400 134.9 134.2 NA 150.9 148.3

500 133.4 138.9 141.8 151.3 145.0

630 135.2 144.6 141.1 151.1 143.0

800 136.7 142.2 137.4 146.3 142.4

1000 138.0 141.7 139.4 147.4 144.5

1250 141.8 136.4 NA 143.6 141.5

1600 139.3 145.8 145.8 147.8 152.4

2000 138.1 139.1 NA 148.5 146.0

2500 137.9 134.7 NA 145.8 141.0

3150 133.2 137.7 NA 144.0 139.8

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(7 kts)

Pass 4

(7 kts)

Pass 5

(7 kts)

4000 130.9 131.0 NA 143.8 137.6

5000 130.4 NA NA 143.6 136.1

6300 128.9 127.0 NA 143.2 134.7

8000 126.1 125.2 NA 140.7 132.0

10000 124.4 125.2 NA 139.0 130.7

12500 123.6 123.8 NA 138.4 128.3

16000 NA 124.6 NA 137.1 127.8

20000 NA 125.0 NA 135.4 126.7

25000 NA 124.0 NA 131.3 125.2

31500 NA 123.0 NA 128.4 125.3

40000 NA 120.1 NA 123.5 121.6

50000 NA NA NA 118.8 NA

63000 NA NA NA NA NA

Table C-22. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V11 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(3 kts)

Pass 2

(5 kts)

Pass 3

(6 kts)

Pass 4

(7 kts)

Pass 5

(7 kts)

Broadband 177.1 167.6 177.7 182.7 171.2

10 178.1 172.5 186.6 NA NA

13 174.3 171.3 186.8 173.0 NA

16 173.2 166.8 175.1 170.6 170.3

20 175.8 164.3 176.3 173.3 NA

25 169.6 158.6 168.9 170.7 NA

31 NA 161.5 166.9 167.7 160.0

40 158.3 154.4 164.2 168.6 160.0

50 158.2 148.4 159.8 173.3 166.1

63 163.3 151.9 NA 179.6 166.9

80 154.9 153.8 NA 173.9 161.0

100 154.2 NA NA 161.1 156.6

125 151.7 138.7 NA 162.9 153.2

160 146.6 136.4 NA 152.1 146.1

200 137.8 133.0 138.2 141.3 138.7

250 132.9 133.6 NA 141.9 136.4

315 134.5 129.8 NA 143.6 137.3

400 134.5 134.0 NA 150.4 147.8

500 127.3 132.7 135.6 145.2 138.9

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(3 kts)

Pass 2

(5 kts)

Pass 3

(6 kts)

Pass 4

(7 kts)

Pass 5

(7 kts)

630 136.6 145.9 142.6 152.6 144.4

800 141.6 147.2 142.2 151.1 147.2

1000 133.0 136.8 134.4 142.5 139.5

1250 137.7 132.2 NA 139.5 137.4

1600 137.2 143.8 143.5 145.6 150.2

2000 134.9 135.7 NA 145.3 142.8

2500 133.8 130.6 NA 141.6 136.9

3150 129.9 134.4 NA 140.6 136.5

4000 128.3 128.3 NA 141.1 134.9

5000 127.1 NA NA 139.1 132.4

6300 125.8 123.9 NA 148.8 135.1

8000 122.8 121.9 NA 135.6 128.1

10000 121.3 122.1 NA 138.9 128.8

12500 120.6 120.7 NA 145.1 129.1

16000 NA 121.6 NA 132.1 124.0

20000 NA 122.0 NA 136.9 125.5

25000 NA 121.0 NA 130.7 123.2

31500 NA 120.0 NA 123.9 121.7

40000 NA 117.0 NA 118.9 118.0

50000 NA NA NA 120.4 NA

63000 NA NA NA NA NA

Table C-23. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V12 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(7 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(17 kts)

Pass 5

(18 kts)

Broadband 164.1 167.4 167.1 175.9 173.5

10 152.8 155.6 157.9 171.4 159.2

13 152.7 156.2 158.9 170.7 160.2

16 151.1 154.3 157.1 167.9 159.7

20 151.1 151.6 154.2 167.6 154.6

25 147.8 146.8 149.3 164.2 152.0

31 145.4 144.1 146.0 160.9 149.0

40 147.0 147.5 NA 158.2 NA

50 149.4 146.3 NA 155.6 145.1

63 154.0 148.5 148.4 156.8 153.4

80 157.3 154.7 NA 159.7 157.9

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(7 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(17 kts)

Pass 5

(18 kts)

100 156.3 151.3 NA 157.4 158.7

125 152.1 NA NA 159.9 159.8

160 150.0 152.2 152.1 161.5 163.0

200 148.6 153.5 155.9 165.7 164.1

250 NA 150.3 157.5 170.3 167.2

315 146.5 151.8 155.6 162.0 160.0

400 145.8 155.3 151.0 152.5 153.1

500 145.7 161.6 159.0 158.2 156.1

630 147.9 154.0 150.3 154.4 155.5

800 148.1 156.3 155.6 161.5 162.4

1000 148.9 155.1 155.3 157.8 156.8

1250 147.7 153.3 152.8 155.7 156.8

1600 147.9 152.7 154.1 157.4 157.6

2000 146.2 148.4 149.3 154.4 154.3

2500 146.1 150.9 152.5 156.8 156.7

3150 145.4 146.8 148.4 156.1 156.8

4000 143.8 148.4 149.7 155.4 155.8

5000 142.7 147.5 148.5 155.2 156.4

6300 141.9 147.6 148.0 154.1 155.6

8000 140.0 147.1 147.2 153.6 154.5

10000 136.9 147.9 147.8 154.8 155.0

12500 134.3 147.7 147.3 153.2 154.2

16000 NA 147.3 147.0 153.3 154.2

20000 127.9 147.5 147.2 153.2 153.9

25000 NA 146.3 146.2 153.0 153.0

31500 NA 144.2 144.7 151.6 152.3

40000 NA 143.1 143.8 149.6 150.5

50000 NA 141.0 141.4 NA NA

63000 NA 140.9 141.7 NA NA

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Table C-24. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V12 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(7 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(17 kts)

Pass 5

(18 kts)

Broadband 169.4 169.7 170.2 182.8 174.4

10 173.8 175.6 177.8 191.2 180.4

13 170.5 173.0 175.6 187.4 178.2

16 166.0 168.4 171.1 181.8 174.5

20 164.0 164.6 167.3 180.6 167.5

25 160.5 158.9 161.4 176.3 164.9

31 154.9 152.9 154.8 169.6 158.6

40 155.3 155.8 NA 166.4 NA

50 155.5 152.0 NA 161.3 151.3

63 159.1 153.1 153.0 161.3 158.6

80 161.1 158.3 NA 163.3 161.7

100 159.3 154.3 NA 160.4 161.7

125 154.4 NA NA 161.9 162.2

160 150.8 152.2 152.0 161.3 163.8

200 146.2 149.9 152.3 162.2 161.8

250 NA 144.1 151.4 164.0 161.7

315 140.3 146.3 150.1 156.6 153.8

400 144.0 157.6 153.4 155.5 151.5

500 147.4 158.2 155.5 154.2 157.0

630 142.3 149.5 145.9 150.2 149.9

800 149.0 160.5 159.8 166.2 163.7

1000 154.0 154.5 154.5 156.4 161.8

1250 143.2 149.2 148.7 151.6 152.2

1600 143.8 151.2 152.6 156.6 153.6

2000 145.0 144.9 145.9 150.6 152.8

2500 142.7 148.5 150.1 154.5 153.4

3150 141.5 143.5 145.1 153.1 152.8

4000 140.8 145.2 146.5 152.1 152.9

5000 140.1 143.9 144.9 151.5 153.8

6300 138.4 144.7 145.1 151.2 152.1

8000 136.8 143.8 143.9 150.3 151.3

10000 133.8 144.7 144.6 151.7 151.9

12500 131.3 144.7 144.3 150.2 151.2

16000 NA 144.3 144.0 150.3 151.2

20000 124.9 144.5 144.2 150.1 150.9

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(7 kts)

Pass 2

(8 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(17 kts)

Pass 5

(18 kts)

25000 NA 143.3 143.1 150.0 150.0

31500 NA 141.2 141.7 148.5 149.3

40000 NA 140.1 140.7 146.5 147.5

50000 NA 137.9 138.4 NA NA

63000 NA 137.9 138.7 NA NA

Table C-25. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V13 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(31 kts)

Pass 5

(31 kts)

Broadband 157.2 163.4 165.2 169.9 169.8

10 147.3 NA 145.8 NA 147.5

13 150.3 142.9 144.9 NA 150.4

16 147.5 143.6 144.0 NA 148.3

20 145.4 142.2 142.8 NA 146.0

25 146.6 142.1 143.3 NA 146.8

31 143.9 142.5 143.7 NA 146.3

40 145.2 141.2 143.2 NA 147.6

50 141.7 138.3 141.5 NA 142.3

63 153.4 138.1 137.0 138.6 139.8

80 NA 135.6 137.2 142.8 143.3

100 NA 147.4 144.8 139.6 140.6

125 NA 147.2 145.8 141.4 143.1

160 146.3 152.8 153.5 153.1 153.0

200 146.2 159.2 161.1 150.4 151.8

250 NA 155.8 159.2 158.7 157.5

315 NA 147.2 150.2 155.1 153.4

400 NA 147.1 147.6 155.5 157.2

500 NA 148.1 149.2 158.8 159.2

630 142.1 146.2 147.3 156.3 156.1

800 140.9 146.2 147.7 156.9 154.9

1000 139.8 148.3 149.3 158.3 157.4

1250 NA 145.2 146.6 159.5 158.8

1600 139.7 146.1 147.8 157.5 157.8

2000 139.3 144.5 145.6 156.3 156.7

2500 138.5 146.2 145.6 158.1 158.4

3150 NA NA 142.7 156.0 156.0

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(31 kts)

Pass 5

(31 kts)

4000 136.9 145.7 145.1 157.2 157.9

5000 NA 141.8 142.4 155.0 155.0

6300 NA 139.9 141.2 154.5 153.8

8000 132.8 139.9 141.4 154.2 153.2

10000 NA 138.8 140.3 153.4 151.9

12500 128.8 137.8 139.5 153.4 152.6

16000 125.2 137.9 138.5 152.8 152.0

20000 123.3 138.5 139.0 152.4 152.5

25000 122.4 137.6 138.5 152.4 152.2

31500 121.1 136.2 137.1 151.7 151.2

40000 NA 134.5 135.3 149.8 150.1

50000 NA 131.5 133.1 147.4 146.6

63000 119.3 131.0 131.5 146.9 146.1

Table C-26. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V13 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(31 kts)

Pass 5

(31 kts)

Broadband 165.8 164.3 165.5 168.6 169.7

10 168.5 NA 167.0 NA 168.5

13 168.4 160.5 163.1 NA 168.1

16 163.3 159.0 159.6 NA 163.8

20 159.9 156.6 157.2 NA 160.4

25 160.5 155.1 156.6 NA 160.1

31 154.1 152.5 153.8 NA 156.4

40 154.8 150.6 152.8 NA 157.0

50 149.0 145.4 148.6 NA 149.4

63 159.5 143.7 143.0 145.1 145.5

80 NA 140.4 142.0 148.0 148.1

100 NA 151.6 149.0 144.1 144.7

125 NA 150.6 149.2 144.9 146.4

160 147.9 154.0 155.1 155.1 154.3

200 144.1 156.6 158.9 148.8 149.3

250 NA 149.9 153.4 153.7 151.6

315 NA 140.5 143.4 148.6 146.7

400 NA 143.0 143.3 150.8 153.1

500 NA 141.9 143.2 153.5 153.1

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(9 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(31 kts)

Pass 5

(31 kts)

630 137.7 142.9 143.3 150.8 152.7

800 146.5 153.2 154.0 159.9 161.8

1000 140.8 146.2 148.9 163.5 155.5

1250 NA 139.4 141.0 154.8 153.1

1600 138.0 146.8 146.9 153.7 158.3

2000 135.7 139.7 141.5 154.8 152.0

2500 136.3 144.5 143.9 154.7 156.8

3150 NA NA 139.2 151.8 153.0

4000 133.8 142.2 141.9 154.1 154.5

5000 NA 137.9 138.7 152.5 151.2

6300 NA 137.2 138.4 150.9 151.0

8000 129.6 136.5 138.1 151.1 149.8

10000 NA 135.8 137.1 150.3 148.9

12500 125.8 134.8 136.4 150.4 149.6

16000 122.2 134.9 135.5 149.8 149.0

20000 120.3 135.5 136.0 149.4 149.5

25000 119.4 134.6 135.5 149.4 149.2

31500 118.1 133.2 134.1 148.7 148.1

40000 NA 131.5 132.3 146.8 147.1

50000 NA 128.5 130.1 144.4 143.6

63000 116.3 128.0 128.5 143.9 143.1

Table C-27. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V14 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(9 kts)

Pass 2

(11 kts)

Pass 3

(19 kts)

Pass 4

(21 kts)

Broadband 168.7 169.2 180.7 180.7

10 NA 151.6 145.4 157.8

13 NA 149.5 145.6 157.9

16 NA 147.8 144.3 158.1

20 NA 149.9 143.7 157.7

25 NA 147.2 143.0 155.9

31 NA 144.7 141.3 153.2

40 NA 144.0 145.7 153.2

50 143.4 144.9 153.6 154.2

63 143.3 NA 150.9 151.4

80 145.4 146.0 159.1 156.1

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(9 kts)

Pass 2

(11 kts)

Pass 3

(19 kts)

Pass 4

(21 kts)

100 NA 145.5 168.1 168.6

125 NA NA 154.8 153.7

160 150.3 150.7 163.2 161.6

200 159.6 161.0 169.1 167.9

250 160.5 161.8 167.5 167.8

315 157.9 159.3 163.6 164.8

400 160.9 160.1 169.1 167.4

500 160.0 160.1 171.9 172.7

630 157.3 157.0 169.8 169.0

800 156.0 155.9 168.1 169.1

1000 155.1 155.1 168.8 169.7

1250 151.5 151.8 166.4 167.3

1600 151.1 151.3 166.6 166.4

2000 148.0 148.0 164.4 163.5

2500 149.8 149.7 166.4 165.6

3150 147.1 147.0 164.2 165.0

4000 148.1 148.7 164.7 164.2

5000 147.0 147.8 163.6 163.9

6300 147.3 147.4 163.5 163.6

8000 146.7 147.5 163.4 163.3

10000 147.1 147.2 164.1 164.2

12500 148.1 148.6 164.7 164.3

16000 147.1 147.6 163.2 162.4

20000 147.5 147.7 164.2 162.6

25000 148.0 147.9 164.5 162.5

31500 146.3 145.3 163.0 162.0

40000 143.5 141.3 161.0 160.3

50000 NA NA NA NA

63000 NA NA NA NA

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Table C-28. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V14 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(9 kts)

Pass 2

(11 kts)

Pass 3

(19 kts)

Pass 4

(21 kts)

Broadband 168.5 170.0 180.5 181.0

10 NA 171.6 165.1 177.9

13 NA 166.1 162.0 174.7

16 NA 162.2 158.5 172.7

20 NA 163.4 157.1 171.2

25 NA 159.2 154.8 168.2

31 NA 153.8 150.2 162.4

40 NA 152.5 154.0 161.8

50 149.5 151.1 159.7 160.5

63 148.0 NA 155.6 156.2

80 149.3 150.0 163.0 160.2

100 NA 148.7 171.1 171.9

125 NA NA 157.2 156.3

160 150.4 151.0 163.2 162.2

200 155.9 157.6 165.2 164.8

250 154.1 155.5 161.0 161.7

315 152.4 153.5 158.2 158.7

400 164.4 162.8 172.7 169.1

500 154.2 154.6 165.9 167.7

630 154.7 153.6 167.5 165.0

800 162.7 162.3 174.8 175.0

1000 151.1 151.9 164.6 167.6

1250 146.7 147.1 161.6 162.6

1600 153.4 152.4 169.2 166.0

2000 142.9 143.2 159.3 159.2

2500 147.6 147.6 164.2 163.5

3150 144.0 144.3 161.1 162.1

4000 144.7 145.1 161.3 160.8

5000 143.6 144.2 160.4 160.3

6300 144.0 144.5 160.1 160.8

8000 143.6 144.1 160.5 160.0

10000 143.8 144.2 160.8 161.1

12500 145.1 145.6 161.7 161.3

16000 144.1 144.6 160.2 159.4

20000 144.5 144.7 161.2 159.6

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(9 kts)

Pass 2

(11 kts)

Pass 3

(19 kts)

Pass 4

(21 kts)

25000 145.0 144.9 161.5 159.5

31500 143.3 142.2 160.0 159.0

40000 140.5 138.3 158.0 157.3

50000 NA NA NA NA

63000 NA NA NA NA

Table C-29. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V15 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(4 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(22 kts)

Pass 6

(22 kts)

Broadband 167.6 166.9 166.4 166.2 175.3 175.9

10 NA 141.4 NA NA NA NA

13 NA 142.2 NA NA NA NA

16 NA 141.7 NA NA NA 151.7

20 NA 140.5 NA NA 143.7 NA

25 NA 139.7 146.9 NA 144.6 NA

31 NA 136.2 154.7 148.6 149.5 149.9

40 137.0 NA 157.6 152.8 152.6 151.4

50 157.4 NA 151.4 149.6 144.1 141.6

63 166.8 166.5 151.0 149.7 146.0 143.4

80 143.3 NA 149.6 147.7 149.5 145.0

100 147.9 138.5 149.3 145.3 144.5 142.2

125 153.7 154.6 157.4 156.2 157.4 156.8

160 144.2 140.7 152.5 149.2 150.8 150.8

200 141.6 143.0 157.4 156.1 171.5 173.3

250 NA NA 159.8 162.1 170.7 170.6

315 NA NA 148.6 151.9 159.4 155.5

400 135.9 NA 147.8 148.3 155.6 156.5

500 137.4 137.3 147.7 148.2 155.5 153.8

630 134.9 133.8 145.7 146.3 152.9 153.5

800 NA NA 145.8 146.8 155.4 155.2

1000 NA NA 148.1 148.6 155.4 154.9

1250 NA NA 148.1 148.1 154.0 154.0

1600 NA NA 148.8 151.0 159.1 154.1

2000 NA NA 146.1 146.3 155.6 151.5

2500 NA NA 150.0 151.5 160.6 157.6

3150 NA NA 145.1 147.6 157.3 157.5

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(4 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(22 kts)

Pass 6

(22 kts)

4000 NA NA 146.7 148.7 156.2 157.2

5000 NA NA 144.0 144.0 151.5 151.0

6300 NA NA 142.2 143.0 150.4 150.8

8000 NA NA 142.4 142.9 150.4 151.3

10000 NA NA 140.5 140.9 149.0 149.5

12500 NA NA 140.5 141.7 150.0 150.1

16000 NA NA 137.0 138.8 146.2 146.0

20000 NA 125.5 137.6 139.0 145.7 144.9

25000 NA 124.8 136.7 138.9 143.7 143.4

31500 NA 123.0 132.5 135.0 139.0 140.6

40000 NA NA 128.7 129.4 134.6 137.2

50000 NA NA 124.3 128.0 133.2 131.8

63000 120.1 NA 126.5 129.8 131.3 131.1

Table C-30. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V15 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(4 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(22 kts)

Pass 6

(22 kts)

Broadband 173.3 172.5 171.2 167.7 173.5 173.3

10 NA 162.4 NA NA NA NA

13 NA 159.8 NA NA NA NA

16 NA 157.1 NA NA NA 167.0

20 NA 154.8 NA NA 158.2 NA

25 NA 152.8 160.1 NA 158.4 NA

31 NA 146.2 164.7 158.7 159.9 159.7

40 146.3 NA 167.0 162.2 162.1 160.7

50 164.5 NA 158.5 156.7 151.3 148.7

63 172.5 172.2 156.7 155.4 151.9 149.0

80 148.1 NA 154.4 152.5 154.4 149.8

100 152.0 142.5 153.4 149.4 148.8 146.2

125 157.0 157.9 160.8 159.5 160.8 160.1

160 145.4 141.7 153.7 150.5 152.4 151.8

200 139.0 140.3 154.8 153.6 169.4 170.4

250 NA NA 153.8 156.2 165.2 164.5

315 NA NA 141.9 145.2 152.7 148.8

400 131.9 NA 143.8 144.2 151.3 152.6

500 131.1 131.1 141.4 142.1 149.6 147.5

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(4 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(22 kts)

Pass 6

(22 kts)

630 131.6 130.8 142.6 142.8 148.5 150.8

800 NA NA 152.9 153.6 161.0 162.5

1000 NA NA 145.6 146.9 156.5 152.0

1250 NA NA 142.4 142.3 148.6 148.3

1600 NA NA 150.0 151.3 157.6 156.0

2000 NA NA 141.1 141.6 152.0 146.4

2500 NA NA 148.3 149.9 158.6 155.7

3150 NA NA 142.3 144.6 153.5 154.7

4000 NA NA 143.2 145.3 153.0 153.6

5000 NA NA 140.1 140.2 148.1 147.3

6300 NA NA 139.4 140.2 147.4 147.9

8000 NA NA 139.0 139.6 147.2 148.0

10000 NA NA 137.5 137.9 145.6 146.5

12500 NA NA 137.5 138.7 147.0 147.0

16000 NA NA 134.0 135.8 143.2 143.0

20000 NA 122.5 134.6 136.0 142.7 141.9

25000 NA 121.8 133.7 135.9 140.7 140.3

31500 NA 120.0 129.4 132.0 136.0 137.6

40000 NA NA 125.7 126.4 131.6 134.2

50000 NA NA 121.3 125.0 130.1 128.8

63000 117.1 NA 123.5 126.8 128.3 128.1

Table C-31. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V16 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(5 kts)

Pass 3

(6 kts)

Pass 4

(7 kts)

Pass 5

(9 kts)

Pass 6

(10 kts)

Pass 7

(32 kts)

Pass 8

(33 kts)

Broadband 161.7 160.2 159.6 164.0 174.0 170.9 175.4 175.3

10 NA NA 122.7 NA NA 124.6 127.4 128.3

13 NA NA 120.4 NA NA 125.3 129.6 129.6

16 NA 122.5 123.2 NA 127.6 131.9 129.6 129.8

20 134.6 128.3 133.5 133.3 144.5 142.1 135.2 135.8

25 133.9 132.6 131.4 134.8 143.1 144.4 136.2 140.1

31 137.7 137.6 135.9 139.2 150.8 143.3 140.1 135.3

40 146.8 144.7 143.1 145.6 149.7 149.2 141.3 143.9

50 142.7 144.5 141.4 140.6 139.8 142.4 139.7 148.7

63 138.1 140.1 144.2 135.3 149.9 154.6 150.6 155.8

80 138.4 140.6 144.7 135.6 146.7 146.4 142.9 148.1

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(5 kts)

Pass 3

(6 kts)

Pass 4

(7 kts)

Pass 5

(9 kts)

Pass 6

(10 kts)

Pass 7

(32 kts)

Pass 8

(33 kts)

100 141.1 156.3 152.2 140.6 147.1 150.2 154.8 156.0

125 157.3 150.2 151.4 160.0 147.6 147.6 154.9 155.1

160 144.6 143.0 144.2 147.1 152.3 151.2 149.9 150.8

200 145.0 150.6 145.9 150.9 171.7 160.5 157.3 159.3

250 156.8 150.0 148.7 158.1 168.6 169.0 157.0 159.7

315 147.7 146.0 150.4 149.9 145.4 144.1 157.7 157.1

400 145.5 144.4 143.6 146.0 149.5 148.7 164.2 165.3

500 144.0 140.3 143.8 143.3 147.8 149.7 160.2 160.1

630 139.0 139.3 144.3 141.3 148.2 150.1 162.9 165.4

800 138.6 139.7 142.7 141.1 147.8 149.3 166.3 165.0

1000 141.8 142.1 143.9 145.0 148.6 149.4 163.9 161.2

1250 144.2 141.6 144.8 147.3 153.4 152.5 162.0 159.4

1600 141.8 140.0 143.1 148.3 152.6 155.1 163.2 161.5

2000 141.5 140.6 142.5 146.2 151.9 152.1 160.9 160.5

2500 148.2 144.9 146.0 151.4 159.6 158.2 167.9 168.0

3150 138.1 138.5 142.8 146.4 152.1 154.2 163.3 162.8

4000 140.0 136.8 138.2 144.7 152.5 153.0 162.6 161.1

5000 135.1 134.0 136.9 142.7 147.9 149.6 160.5 161.5

6300 133.7 132.1 135.1 139.6 144.3 145.8 158.3 156.3

8000 132.1 129.9 133.3 135.5 141.6 143.5 157.3 156.3

10000 132.2 128.9 132.2 135.1 139.4 139.7 157.3 156.2

12500 130.8 126.9 131.4 133.6 135.5 134.6 154.5 153.6

16000 NA 126.3 130.1 131.9 133.1 132.7 155.9 155.8

20000 NA 125.0 129.1 131.3 131.0 130.2 156.3 156.1

25000 NA NA 128.1 130.2 129.9 NA 154.4 154.8

31500 NA NA 126.9 128.7 128.8 125.9 155.6 154.7

40000 NA NA 125.1 127.9 125.5 123.2 154.1 152.1

50000 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

63000 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

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Table C-32. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V16 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(5 kts)

Pass 3

(6 kts)

Pass 4

(7 kts)

Pass 5

(9 kts)

Pass 6

(10 kts)

Pass 7

(32 kts)

Pass 8

(33 kts)

Broadband 163.5 162.9 162.9 165.4 171.4 168.3 175.4 175.1

10 NA NA 146.0 NA NA 144.2 147.3 148.0

13 NA NA 141.2 NA NA 141.9 146.3 146.2

16 NA 137.1 140.8 NA 142.5 146.4 144.2 144.4

20 148.9 142.3 148.2 147.6 158.8 156.0 149.1 149.7

25 146.7 144.3 145.9 147.7 155.3 155.7 147.9 151.5

31 147.5 147.1 148.7 149.1 160.5 152.8 149.5 144.8

40 156.0 153.0 152.8 154.9 158.7 157.5 149.7 152.2

50 149.8 151.2 150.5 147.7 146.7 148.9 146.3 155.3

63 143.7 145.5 151.4 140.8 155.4 159.9 155.9 161.1

80 143.2 144.9 150.4 140.4 151.4 150.7 147.2 152.4

100 145.0 160.2 156.9 144.5 150.8 154.1 158.7 159.9

125 160.5 152.9 155.3 163.2 150.6 150.2 157.6 157.7

160 145.4 142.5 147.2 148.0 152.8 150.5 149.5 150.2

200 141.9 146.1 146.5 147.9 168.2 156.0 153.0 154.8

250 150.6 143.3 145.5 152.0 162.1 162.2 150.3 152.9

315 141.1 140.3 144.3 143.3 139.1 138.6 151.9 151.6

400 141.6 140.0 137.6 142.1 145.6 144.2 159.9 160.8

500 137.6 134.1 140.0 137.0 141.4 143.6 154.0 154.0

630 136.8 141.1 138.0 138.8 147.2 152.4 164.5 167.6

800 146.1 145.8 140.5 148.5 155.2 154.9 172.6 170.8

1000 138.3 137.0 150.0 141.7 144.2 144.2 158.8 156.1

1250 138.6 137.3 143.6 141.6 148.3 148.4 157.7 155.3

1600 144.7 138.7 137.5 150.7 155.9 153.2 162.1 159.7

2000 136.2 136.8 144.5 141.0 146.6 148.7 157.0 157.0

2500 146.2 140.8 141.8 149.5 157.2 154.0 163.8 163.8

3150 135.2 135.2 141.3 143.6 149.0 150.9 160.1 159.5

4000 136.5 134.1 135.2 141.0 148.8 150.4 159.8 158.6

5000 131.6 130.9 133.5 139.0 145.3 145.4 157.6 158.3

6300 130.5 129.1 131.5 136.6 140.8 141.3 155.3 153.2

8000 129.0 126.4 130.1 132.3 138.8 138.5 153.8 153.1

10000 129.0 125.8 129.0 131.9 136.2 135.2 154.2 153.2

12500 127.7 123.9 128.4 130.6 132.5 141.5 151.5 150.6

16000 NA 123.3 127.1 128.9 130.1 127.7 152.8 152.8

20000 NA 122.0 126.1 128.2 128.0 132.1 153.3 153.0

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(5 kts)

Pass 3

(6 kts)

Pass 4

(7 kts)

Pass 5

(9 kts)

Pass 6

(10 kts)

Pass 7

(32 kts)

Pass 8

(33 kts)

25000 NA NA 125.1 127.2 126.9 NA 151.4 151.8

31500 NA NA 123.9 125.7 125.8 120.9 152.6 151.7

40000 NA NA 122.1 124.9 122.5 118.5 151.1 149.1

50000 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

63000 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Table C-33. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V17 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(8 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Pass 6

(28 kts)

Broadband 166.2 159.9 161.2 162.1 171.6 173.1

10 163.6 151.3 144.9 147.8 NA NA

13 164.4 151.4 145.1 148.8 NA NA

16 163.5 150.0 143.7 149.3 NA NA

20 161.2 148.8 145.3 145.5 147.7 NA

25 158.8 146.2 144.0 144.5 146.2 142.5

31 155.5 147.9 144.6 142.7 151.0 149.3

40 155.0 145.3 149.1 148.1 146.3 144.4

50 152.0 146.4 148.5 153.2 151.2 148.9

63 152.7 147.1 145.0 148.6 152.7 150.7

80 150.0 147.3 147.6 151.6 156.2 158.9

100 153.7 150.2 148.5 151.1 151.2 151.5

125 153.4 151.7 148.8 149.1 151.9 151.7

160 148.3 144.7 145.1 145.6 152.3 153.9

200 145.0 142.8 146.5 145.5 154.3 154.8

250 145.0 143.5 149.4 148.1 155.3 156.7

315 143.2 141.6 146.3 145.8 151.4 153.0

400 141.2 139.3 147.4 146.5 151.9 155.3

500 143.2 140.8 152.7 152.4 155.1 157.3

630 143.6 143.7 146.4 147.5 154.3 157.5

800 143.5 141.6 148.4 149.4 156.4 158.5

1000 142.1 141.5 147.8 147.7 158.8 161.1

1250 141.4 139.5 142.9 144.1 157.1 159.1

1600 141.7 138.8 142.8 144.0 158.0 160.3

2000 140.5 138.6 142.0 141.6 156.1 158.4

2500 140.8 136.9 142.1 142.0 159.2 161.1

3150 137.4 136.4 140.1 139.7 156.1 158.7

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(8 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Pass 6

(28 kts)

4000 137.7 137.4 139.9 139.8 158.3 161.1

5000 138.2 136.3 138.7 138.6 159.3 162.2

6300 137.5 134.8 137.6 137.5 159.1 162.0

8000 134.9 135.4 136.6 136.3 159.0 161.4

10000 134.0 132.6 135.3 134.5 158.8 161.1

12500 NA NA 132.7 132.5 158.3 159.8

16000 NA NA NA NA 157.9 156.3

20000 NA NA NA NA 158.2 154.9

25000 NA NA NA NA 156.7 153.7

31500 NA NA NA NA 155.5 152.9

40000 NA NA NA NA 155.1 152.0

50000 152.3 151.7 150.3 151.0 153.9 152.9

63000 124.2 125.8 126.3 128.3 152.4 148.6

Table C-34. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V17 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(5 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(8 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Pass 6

(28 kts)

Broadband 177.4 166.5 165.7 166.8 171.7 172.2

10 184.1 171.7 165.5 168.5 NA NA

13 181.7 168.2 162.6 166.3 NA NA

16 178.5 164.7 158.6 164.2 NA NA

20 174.8 162.3 159.0 159.1 161.4 NA

25 171.9 158.8 157.4 157.7 159.5 155.1

31 165.1 157.1 154.3 152.4 160.7 158.7

40 163.8 153.8 158.0 157.0 155.2 153.0

50 158.5 152.7 154.9 159.7 157.7 155.3

63 158.0 152.0 150.2 154.0 158.1 155.8

80 154.2 151.3 151.8 155.8 160.4 163.0

100 157.4 153.5 152.2 154.8 154.9 155.0

125 156.0 154.3 151.4 151.7 154.6 154.3

160 149.2 145.4 146.0 146.6 153.3 154.7

200 142.4 139.8 143.9 142.9 151.7 152.0

250 139.2 137.3 143.7 142.4 149.6 150.7

315 137.0 135.5 140.1 139.5 145.2 146.8

400 140.8 140.8 146.6 145.7 151.1 156.0

500 139.8 135.7 149.8 149.4 152.2 153.0

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(5 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(8 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(25 kts)

Pass 6

(28 kts)

630 138.7 139.7 141.4 142.5 149.2 153.0

800 147.5 147.6 151.9 153.0 160.0 163.8

1000 143.6 139.3 150.2 149.8 161.1 160.6

1250 136.8 134.7 138.3 139.5 152.5 154.4

1600 139.1 138.5 139.7 141.1 155.1 159.0

2000 137.5 134.3 139.3 138.8 153.3 154.6

2500 138.2 134.8 139.3 139.3 156.5 158.9

3150 133.5 133.5 136.1 135.7 152.1 155.3

4000 134.6 133.9 136.7 136.6 155.1 157.8

5000 135.1 132.6 135.7 135.6 156.4 158.7

6300 134.3 132.0 134.2 134.2 155.7 159.1

8000 131.8 132.1 133.4 133.2 155.8 158.2

10000 130.7 129.6 132.0 131.3 155.5 157.9

12500 NA NA 129.7 129.5 155.3 156.8

16000 NA NA NA NA 154.8 153.2

20000 NA NA NA NA 155.2 151.9

25000 NA NA NA NA 153.7 150.7

31500 NA NA NA NA 152.4 149.9

40000 NA NA NA NA 152.1 149.0

50000 149.3 148.6 147.3 148.0 150.9 149.9

63000 121.2 122.8 123.2 125.3 149.4 145.5

Table C-35. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V18 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(10 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(25 kts)

Pass 5

(27 kts)

Broadband 167.9 171.2 171.0 176.8 175.7

10 139.2 NA NA NA 137.6

13 135.9 NA NA NA 134.1

16 135.3 NA NA 142.6 134.2

20 136.7 140.6 NA 140.4 136.7

25 135.6 153.4 153.1 143.1 142.0

31 141.5 152.0 152.2 142.9 141.9

40 145.8 145.7 145.6 145.6 143.1

50 149.3 141.3 141.4 NA 137.1

63 165.0 143.8 142.0 NA NA

80 157.4 145.2 142.9 143.5 NA

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Pass 2

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Pass 3

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Pass 4

(25 kts)

Pass 5

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100 149.3 144.5 142.6 143.3 144.0

125 158.0 146.8 146.0 162.1 160.9

160 156.2 163.0 163.5 153.7 153.3

200 156.8 155.9 155.5 160.6 159.3

250 154.0 162.6 163.1 176.1 174.8

315 150.8 166.3 165.6 160.1 159.9

400 146.0 158.7 158.6 156.2 154.8

500 146.5 160.2 158.8 156.1 157.2

630 143.7 153.2 153.4 154.3 152.7

800 143.4 153.6 152.0 152.7 152.0

1000 147.8 158.9 157.9 154.8 153.3

1250 142.8 152.3 151.8 153.2 152.5

1600 142.6 156.1 155.1 153.9 152.8

2000 140.0 152.3 151.0 151.9 151.1

2500 139.3 154.1 154.3 155.5 157.5

3150 136.7 148.0 148.3 154.8 152.7

4000 135.6 150.5 150.1 154.9 154.0

5000 134.2 147.3 148.6 152.8 153.4

6300 131.3 143.1 142.8 149.1 148.7

8000 129.6 142.4 141.9 147.8 148.0

10000 128.3 139.6 139.0 146.2 146.4

12500 NA 137.7 136.2 144.2 145.0

16000 NA 136.2 133.2 140.2 142.8

20000 NA 135.6 131.9 138.3 141.9

25000 NA 133.2 129.7 135.8 139.4

31500 NA 131.1 127.9 134.6 138.2

40000 NA 130.0 126.7 133.3 137.5

50000 NA 127.2 123.9 NA 128.1

63000 119.5 125.7 123.1 NA NA

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(10 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(25 kts)

Pass 5

(27 kts)

Broadband 172.8 172.1 171.5 173.0 171.8

10 160.8 NA NA NA 159.1

13 154.3 NA NA NA 152.2

16 151.2 NA NA 158.2 149.9

20 151.2 155.1 NA 154.9 151.1

25 149.6 167.3 166.6 156.8 155.8

31 152.1 162.4 162.5 153.2 152.3

40 155.4 155.3 155.1 155.2 152.7

50 156.6 148.5 148.5 NA 144.4

63 171.2 149.9 147.9 NA NA

80 162.4 150.2 147.8 148.4 NA

100 153.8 148.9 146.8 147.6 148.3

125 161.4 150.2 149.4 165.5 164.3

160 157.9 164.6 165.1 155.4 155.0

200 154.8 153.8 153.2 158.4 157.2

250 148.6 157.1 157.4 170.5 169.3

315 144.2 159.7 158.9 153.4 153.3

400 141.7 154.4 154.4 151.9 150.5

500 140.7 154.4 152.8 150.2 151.4

630 138.9 148.6 149.2 150.0 148.2

800 147.9 158.6 158.1 158.4 157.3

1000 150.5 160.8 157.8 155.4 154.6

1250 137.8 147.1 146.3 147.7 147.1

1600 140.1 153.9 154.0 152.5 151.1

2000 137.1 149.1 147.0 148.2 147.6

2500 136.7 151.7 152.5 153.5 155.3

3150 132.7 144.1 144.8 151.2 148.9

4000 132.4 147.3 146.9 151.7 150.8

5000 131.1 144.2 145.0 149.4 150.0

6300 128.1 139.9 139.9 146.1 145.6

8000 126.5 139.3 138.7 144.6 144.8

10000 125.0 136.3 135.7 142.9 143.1

12500 NA 134.7 133.2 141.2 141.9

16000 NA 133.2 130.2 137.2 139.8

20000 NA 132.6 128.9 135.3 138.9

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(6 kts)

Pass 2

(10 kts)

Pass 3

(11 kts)

Pass 4

(25 kts)

Pass 5

(27 kts)

25000 NA 130.2 126.7 132.8 136.4

31500 NA 128.1 124.9 131.6 135.1

40000 NA 127.0 123.7 130.2 134.5

50000 NA 124.2 120.9 NA 125.1

63000 116.5 122.7 120.1 NA NA

Table C-37. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V19 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(22 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

Broadband 166.0 166.2 164.4 165.1 169.5 173.4

10 141.4 118.8 130.1 120.9 130.7 125.9

13 140.1 119.8 125.2 118.7 131.2 123.9

16 138.7 121.6 NA NA 131.9 NA

20 138.2 121.6 144.0 144.3 135.3 128.0

25 136.3 126.5 147.5 149.1 141.9 136.8

31 137.0 131.6 143.1 142.2 146.6 143.0

40 147.8 146.2 144.3 143.3 143.4 149.7

50 160.9 162.4 141.4 142.7 139.4 132.0

63 144.7 146.4 145.7 143.1 142.6 140.5

80 155.7 153.5 153.8 150.3 144.1 141.6

100 162.6 162.8 154.5 156.2 148.2 141.9

125 146.9 144.0 140.1 141.4 161.1 152.1

160 150.2 143.8 155.4 154.1 152.5 159.6

200 147.7 144.0 154.9 158.4 152.3 151.5

250 146.7 NA 156.3 155.8 154.7 157.3

315 143.7 NA 150.6 149.3 152.2 155.9

400 141.8 NA 150.3 149.8 153.9 158.2

500 143.0 141.6 146.8 151.0 158.5 161.1

630 146.2 145.1 143.9 145.4 153.8 159.9

800 142.0 NA NA 142.4 153.7 160.9

1000 142.7 142.6 143.9 145.9 155.3 163.8

1250 142.4 142.7 143.7 146.5 152.5 161.5

1600 142.4 NA 148.3 150.1 154.2 160.5

2000 140.3 NA 145.3 147.4 154.8 158.9

2500 142.4 141.3 151.7 153.1 160.0 161.6

3150 140.3 138.2 150.2 150.6 156.9 160.2

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(22 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

4000 139.7 136.1 149.8 150.8 159.7 164.0

5000 139.8 134.4 150.1 149.0 159.8 160.8

6300 138.1 NA 143.2 143.8 153.3 158.4

8000 136.5 NA 142.9 142.0 155.1 158.9

10000 134.3 NA 139.4 139.6 149.9 157.1

12500 131.6 129.5 136.3 137.4 147.3 156.3

16000 128.3 NA 132.6 133.7 144.5 152.9

20000 NA NA 131.0 132.0 143.2 152.0

25000 NA NA 129.3 130.5 141.3 151.1

31500 NA NA 127.8 128.3 140.6 150.1

40000 NA NA 125.6 125.9 139.6 150.0

50000 NA NA NA NA 138.2 148.7

63000 NA NA NA NA 138.8 148.4

Table C-38. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V19 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(22 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

Broadband 171.5 172.1 167.5 168.0 169.7 172.5

10 162.8 140.2 151.8 142.2 152.5 147.2

13 158.2 137.9 143.6 136.8 149.9 142.0

16 154.4 137.4 NA NA 148.0 NA

20 152.7 136.1 158.5 158.8 149.8 142.4

25 150.2 140.6 161.6 163.0 156.4 150.5

31 147.3 142.1 153.6 152.5 157.5 153.2

40 157.4 156.0 154.0 152.9 153.2 159.2

50 168.1 169.7 148.7 149.9 146.9 139.2

63 150.8 152.6 151.9 149.1 149.0 146.5

80 160.7 158.6 158.8 155.2 149.2 146.5

100 167.0 167.3 158.9 160.5 152.7 146.2

125 150.4 147.4 143.5 144.9 164.6 155.5

160 151.9 145.4 157.0 155.8 154.4 161.2

200 145.6 142.0 152.8 156.2 150.7 149.3

250 141.2 NA 150.9 150.3 149.6 151.6

315 137.0 NA 144.0 142.6 145.7 149.2

400 137.5 NA 145.9 145.5 149.3 154.0

500 137.1 135.8 141.0 145.1 153.1 155.2

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(6 kts)

Pass 2

(6 kts)

Pass 3

(10 kts)

Pass 4

(10 kts)

Pass 5

(22 kts)

Pass 6

(25 kts)

630 141.6 140.3 139.2 140.8 148.4 155.5

800 147.3 NA NA 147.4 156.9 166.6

1000 143.8 145.5 146.4 147.3 160.2 164.5

1250 137.1 137.6 138.6 141.2 147.9 156.1

1600 140.4 NA 145.9 148.1 150.5 159.1

2000 137.1 NA 142.4 144.0 153.1 155.2

2500 140.2 138.6 149.2 150.9 156.7 159.6

3150 136.4 134.2 146.3 146.8 152.7 156.6

4000 136.5 132.9 146.7 147.7 156.6 160.9

5000 136.5 131.3 147.1 145.8 157.2 157.3

6300 135.0 NA 139.9 140.7 149.7 155.4

8000 133.3 NA 139.8 138.8 152.0 155.6

10000 130.9 NA 136.1 136.2 146.8 153.8

12500 128.6 126.5 133.3 134.4 144.2 153.3

16000 125.3 NA 129.6 130.7 141.5 149.9

20000 NA NA 128.0 129.0 140.2 149.0

25000 NA NA 126.3 127.5 138.2 148.1

31500 NA NA 124.8 125.3 137.6 147.1

40000 NA NA 122.6 122.9 136.5 147.0

50000 NA NA NA NA 135.2 145.7

63000 NA NA NA NA 135.8 145.4

Table C-39. One-third octave band levels (RNL) for each accepted pass for V20 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(3 kts)

Pass 2

(4 kts)

Pass 3

(4 kts)

Pass 4

(4 kts)

Broadband 176.5 159.0 164.1 163.5

10 172.2 140.2 NA NA

13 172.5 141.0 NA NA

16 173.2 141.3 NA NA

20 173.1 141.4 NA NA

25 170.7 140.0 NA 125.2

31 167.7 139.8 NA 137.1

40 166.0 139.8 NA 133.7

50 160.3 NA NA 133.7

63 156.5 156.5 140.2 145.2

80 155.9 138.0 163.5 162.6

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(3 kts)

Pass 2

(4 kts)

Pass 3

(4 kts)

Pass 4

(4 kts)

100 155.5 134.9 NA NA

125 149.5 143.9 NA 140.4

160 NA NA 146.4 141.4

200 147.8 150.5 NA 142.6

250 147.6 NA 147.2 147.5

315 147.0 NA NA NA

400 NA NA 138.5 142.6

500 NA 137.9 143.9 148.7

630 142.5 136.9 140.5 147.3

800 141.6 136.2 NA 146.7

1000 NA 138.7 143.7 144.5

1250 142.3 137.5 NA NA

1600 142.4 141.8 140.4 NA

2000 138.3 139.4 141.3 NA

2500 NA 144.4 145.6 142.0

3150 136.4 140.7 142.4 139.3

4000 135.5 140.5 146.1 138.9

5000 NA 140.1 140.3 142.2

6300 134.1 139.2 139.6 138.8

8000 134.4 139.1 139.9 137.6

10000 133.9 137.6 140.5 134.0

12500 133.6 137.3 136.1 133.7

16000 133.0 135.8 133.8 130.9

20000 130.4 135.6 133.2 129.7

25000 127.5 135.3 132.1 127.6

31500 NA 133.0 131.2 126.2

40000 NA 129.2 129.4 125.0

50000 NA NA NA NA

63000 NA NA NA NA

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Table C-40. One-third octave band levels (MSL) for each accepted pass for V20 (dB re 1 µPa2 @ 1 m). Speed is average STW for that pass.

TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(3 kts)

Pass 2

(4 kts)

Pass 3

(4 kts)

Pass 4

(4 kts)

Broadband 189.7 164.3 168.4 168.1

10 193.4 161.4 NA NA

13 190.3 158.6 NA NA

16 188.7 156.8 NA NA

20 187.5 155.8 NA NA

25 184.1 153.4 NA 139.5

31 177.9 149.8 NA 147.7

40 175.5 149.2 NA 143.4

50 167.5 NA NA 141.1

63 162.3 162.1 145.9 151.4

80 160.7 142.8 168.3 167.7

100 159.7 139.1 NA NA

125 152.9 147.2 NA 143.8

160 NA NA 147.5 143.1

200 145.4 148.1 NA 140.7

250 141.8 NA 141.2 142.2

315 140.2 NA NA NA

400 NA NA 134.5 138.2

500 NA 131.8 137.7 143.1

630 138.6 133.5 137.5 142.3

800 148.1 143.1 NA 150.6

1000 NA 136.9 141.3 148.1

1250 136.6 131.7 NA NA

1600 141.9 142.1 141.4 NA

2000 133.9 134.7 136.3 NA

2500 NA 142.8 143.9 139.1

3150 133.2 137.7 139.6 135.2

4000 132.2 137.1 142.6 135.7

5000 NA 136.2 136.4 139.4

6300 131.3 136.4 136.9 135.3

8000 131.1 135.8 136.5 134.5

10000 130.7 134.5 137.5 130.8

12500 130.6 134.3 133.1 130.7

16000 129.9 132.8 130.8 127.9

20000 127.4 132.5 130.2 126.7

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TOB (Hz) Pass 1

(3 kts)

Pass 2

(4 kts)

Pass 3

(4 kts)

Pass 4

(4 kts)

25000 124.5 132.3 129.1 124.6

31500 NA 130.0 128.1 123.2

40000 NA 126.2 126.4 122.0

50000 NA NA NA NA

63000 NA NA NA NA

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Figure 37 and Figure 38 present the results of the correlation analysis which examined the linear dependence of multiple vessel variables with the RNL in the SRKW communication and echolocation bands.

Figure 37. Correlation matrix for vessel parameters and RNL for the SRKW communication band (500 Hz – 15 kHz). The size and colour of the pie slice represent the strength of the correlation. Blue represents a positive correlation and slices go clockwise and red means a negative correlation with the slices go counterclockwise. The shade and size of the slice represents the strength of the correlation.

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Figure 38. Correlation matrix for various vessel parameters and RNL for the SRKW echolocation band (14 – 64 kHz). The size and colour of the pie slice represent the strength of the correlation. Blue represents a positive correlation and slices go clockwise and red means a negative correlation with the slices go counterclockwise. The shade and size of the slice represents the strength of the correlation.

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