Distributed acoustic sensing technology in marine geosciences

Abstract Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is an emerging vibration signal acquisition technology that transforms existing fiber-optic communication infrastructure into an array of thousands of seismic sensors. Due to its advantages of low cost, easy deployment, continuous measurement, and long-distance measurement, DAS has rapidly developed applications in the field of marine geophysics. This paper systematically summarizes the status of DAS technology applications in marine seismic monitoring, tsunami and ocean-current monitoring, ocean thermometry, marine target monitoring, and ocean-bottom imaging; analyzes the problems faced during its development; and discusses prospects for further applications in marine geoscience and future research directions.