Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for
deriving a source signature for an array of seismic sources for marine
seismic analysis, wherein the systems and methods include factors for
determining the source signature taking into consideration both
sea-surface and sea-floor reflections of signals produced by the seismic
sources. In certain aspects, reflection coefficients of the sea-surface
and the sea-floor and relative lengths of paths between a seismic source
image and a detector are applied to a series of simultaneous equations
that are solved using measurements of the pressure field produced by the
array at a plurality of known locations to determine individual source
signatures for each seismic source in the array and these individual
source signatures may then be superposed to provide a source signature
for the array that accounts for sea-floor reflections of outputs from the
seismic sources.