Acoustic Float for Marine Mammal Monitoring

Abstract

Our goal is to develop an inexpensive acoustic profiler technology, QUEphone (Quasi-Eulerian phone), which allows accurate detection of the beaked whales and reporting in a short time frame by monitoring for the vocalizations of the target species. By converting a commercially available profiler float to a mobile platform and installing a sophisticated detection algorithm on a high-power DSP, we will test the QUEphones in appropriate beaked whale habitat, compare beaked whale detection results against the M3R (Marine Mammal Monitoring Navy Ranges), the Navy s well-established acoustic surveillance system, and demonstrate the correct operation of the system as a tool for the Navy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA598274

Entities

People

  • David Mellinger
  • Haru Matsumoto
  • Robert P. Dziak

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Acoustic Ranges
  • Acoustic Surveillance
  • Ambient Noise
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Hydrophones
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Monitoring
  • Oceanography
  • Odontocetes
  • Operating Systems
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Oceanography.