Patent Document ID: 9457331
Application ID: 13854223
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of generating and performing a seismic data acquisition mission using a plurality of nodes, said method comprising: generating an a priori model of sea currents, in a survey area, from available atmospheric and oceanographic data; generating a seismic data acquisition operation model, based on said a priori model of sea currents, for the plurality of nodes; generating a seismic shooting solution for seismic sources to provide illumination and fold of subsurface targets associated with said survey area; launching, from a vessel, a sample portion of said plurality of nodes for collecting preliminary position data associated with said sample portion of said plurality of nodes as they traverse said survey area to confirm sea current drift predicted by said a priori model and refining said seismic data acquisition operation model for the plurality of nodes based on said preliminary position data; launching the remainder of said plurality of nodes based on said a priori model and said refined seismic data acquisition operation model; firing said seismic shooting solution based on said refined seismic data acquisition operation model; recording seismic data with seismic sensors located on the plurality of nodes; and recovering said plurality of nodes.