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For accurate UGW measurements, several studies concluded that the ratio between the wavelength of the UGW and the length of the FBG should be above 7. However, shorter FBGs suffer from a lower FBG reflectivity and less steep slopes in the reflection spectrum. In this work we experimentally verified the effect of a passing UGW on the Bragg peak of FBG sensors of different lengths. By performing edge-filtering interrogation throughout the FBG\u2019s reflection spectrum, we were able to reconstruct the FBG\u2019s spectral response to a UGW in function of time. Our experimental findings are partially in line with those in the literature considering the UGW wavelength to FBG length ratio and the corresponding Bragg peak changes. We experimentally show for the first time that for shorter FBG sensors, the strain modulation is translated mostly into Bragg peak shifting, while for longer FBG sensors, Bragg peak deformation takes over as main mechanism. 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