Beta Testing of Persistent Passive Acoustic Monitors
Abstract
Long-endurance oceanographic sampling platforms such as gliders and profiling floats provide a new opportunity for acquiring acoustic signals from marine animals with immediate applications in conservation and mitigation. Our objective is to produce a reliable system for persistent passive acoustic monitoring of marine animals. The system, comprising both low-power hardware and acoustic processing software, will be extensible and can be incorporated in a variety of autonomous platforms. The design will be open and available for other researchers to adapt and extend. Produce 20 DMON digital acoustic monitors for distribution to a group of beta test collaborators. These will be researchers developing systems for acoustic monitoring of marine mammals able to evaluate the device and its software in a range of applications. Support the beta testers with software, hardware and user information. Continue to develop the DMON and its interface with persistent survey platforms. Standardize the user interface to the device using existing open source acoustic monitoring software.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA541589
Entities
People
- Dave Fratantoni
- Mark F. Baumgartner
- Mark P. Johnson
- Tom Hurst
Organizations
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution