The Possibility of Passive Whale Tracking With the Use of An Hyperspectral Sensor

Abstract

This paper describes a study conducted in the spring of 1996 in the waters off the western coast of the Hawaiian Island of Maui to evaluate the utility of an airborne Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) Sensor to detect and recognize whales. This paper gives a detailed discussion of the sensor, describes the spectral image processing used to detect and enhance the whale images, provides sample imagery products, and finally discusses the potential utility of the method to conduct a rapid and accurate whale population survey at sea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA371563

Entities

People

  • Christina Barnes
  • Gary Gilbert
  • Jim Rohr
  • Jon Schoonmaker

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Animals
  • Counting Methods
  • Data Science
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Hyperspectral Imagery
  • Image Processing
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Line Spectra
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Mirrors
  • Spectra
  • Surveys
  • Whales

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Marine Mammal Biology