Vector-Fidelity Benefits of Buried OBC Detectors at Teal South

A28 VECTOR-FIDELITY BENEFITS OF BURIED OBC DETECTORS AT TEAL SOUTH Summary 1 Coupling of detectors on the seafloor is well understood and has been characterized by damped oscillatory systems that vary in amplitude and phase as a function of frequency. Furthermore this response is very different than the response on land due to inertial effects of water. When seafloor motion is out of phase with water motion larger resonances and phase distortions can result. However this phenomenon should be alleviated for permanently installed detectors that are buried below the seafloor and provide near-perfect coupling for time-lapse observations. At Teal South