JAPAN<br />
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Growing consideration of the environmental impacts that underwater noise can have makes assessing the noise characteristics of ships a necessary part of their development.<br />
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Since Japan has no large-scale acoustic underwater ranging system, JRC Tokki invested in a portable sound intensity system that enables field measurements to be made on large vessels.<br />
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This static ranging system uses technology that benefits from decades of successful use in the ...This story is related to the following:Test and Measuring InstrumentsAcoustical Transducers | Marine Equipment & Supplies