Passive Autonomous Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals: System Development Using Seaglider (Trademark)

Abstract

This award was the second to APL-UW under ONR s Passive Autonomous Acoustic Monitoring (PAAM) program. It was intended to further develop the Seaglider PAAM system in various ways: redesigned hardware to improve computational and data storage efficiency, multiple hydrophones for enhanced detection and localization, and, in collaboration with colleagues at Oregon State University, improved detection and localization algorithms. A new electronics board was designed and built, with additional CPLDs and a bank of eight microSD cards for data storage. Software upgrades were written to enable long-duration (multi-month) missions. Survey missions became a high priority, particularly in remote U.S. Navy operating areas. Paths were established so that the Seaglider/PAAM system could be made available to other researchers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 30, 2015
Accession Number
ADA622958

Entities

People

  • Neil M. Bogue

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detection
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Hydrophones
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Monitoring
  • Odontocetes
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Recording Systems
  • Underwater Gliders
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems