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Data transmission method for ocean acoustic tomography

  • US 4,805,160 A
  • Filed: 08/27/1987
  • Issued: 02/14/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ocean acoustic tomography data transmission system, comprising:

  • a plurality of acoustic transducers arranged in a first file in the sea;

    a plurality of tomography data transmitter-receivers arranged in the sea in a second file spaced from said first file, said receivers receiving acoustic signals from said acoustic transducers and transmitting said signals into tomography data electric signals;

    a floating fixed buoy arranged in the sea remote from said second file and supporting thereon a mooring repeater including radio transmission means, a transmission cable suspended from said buoy and connected to said radio transmission means, and receiving signal conversion means provided on said transmission cable and receiving said tomography data electric signals from said transmitter-receivers to transmit them to said radio transmission means;

    ocean observation satellite means; and

    a ground station, said data signals being transmitted from said transmission means to said ground station by said ocean observation satellite means.

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