Acoustic Float for Marine Mammal Monitoring

Abstract

Our goal is to develop an inexpensive solution to the problem of near real-time monitoring of marine mammals. We are developing an acoustic monitoring system, the QUEphone (Quasi-Eulerian phone), which is based on a commercial profiling float. By deploying a number of these inexpensive systems in advance of an operation, an area can be monitored for the presence of beaked whales and other species of concern.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531188

Entities

People

  • Christopher K. R. T. Jones
  • David K. Mellinger
  • Haru Matsumoto
  • Robert P. Dziak

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Animals
  • Cetaceans
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Hydrophones
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Monitoring
  • Oceanography
  • Odontocetes
  • Operating Systems
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Seabed
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Oceanography.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.