Technical and Scientific Support for Passive Acoustic Monitoring in the Research Cruise MED09

Abstract

Main goal in our R&D program is the development of efficient and reliable tools for marine mammals' acoustic detection, classification, localization and tracking to support research, conservation and mitigation needs. The R&D program on marine mammals began in 1991 based on previous 10 years development of software and hardware for digital sound analysis and was then boosted by joining NURC (1998) in the development of the MMRMP program (formerly SOLMAR). The plan is to continue the improvement of available technologies (towed arrays, autonomous recorders) and to progressively develop semi-automatic tools to assist operators in the classification and tracking of received sources. The ultimate goal is to develop passive acoustics tools for evaluating the presence, distribution and density of marine mammals to support conservation strategies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531211

Entities

People

  • Gianni Pavan

Organizations

  • University of Pavia

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Acoustics
  • Animals
  • Arrays
  • Automatic
  • Classification
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • High Resolution
  • Hydrophones
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Monitoring
  • Odontocetes
  • Sonobuoys
  • Towed Arrays

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Marine Mammal Biology