An Investigation of Fin and Blue Whales in the NE Pacific Ocean using Data from Cascadia Initiative Ocean Bottom Seismometers

Abstract

The long-term goals of this project are to develop, evaluate and compare techniques to estimate fin and blue whale locations and densities from ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) data and thus enable the research community to better utilize the increasing number of OBS earthquake monitoring studies near continental margins to understand the distribution and behavior of baleen whales.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014339

Entities

People

  • David K. Mellinger
  • William S. Wilcock

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Acoustics
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Sets
  • Deep Water
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Information Science
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Particles
  • Seabed
  • Whales

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Seismology