Passive Acoustic Methods for Tracking Marine Mammals Using Widely-Spaced Bottom-Mounted Hydrophones
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This project uses existing datasets to develop and apply the tracking methods. The main effort is directed toward data collected at Navy Ranges, with data from PMRF provided by S. Martin and data from AUTEC provided by D. Moretti. Other datasets that use bottom-mounted sensors are also be considered as they are available and appropriate. The main species of interest in these datasets are sperm whales, beaked whales, minke whales, and humpback whales. Most methods will be generalizable to other species.
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This project uses existing datasets to develop and apply the tracking methods. The main effort is directed toward data collected at Navy Ranges, with data from PMRF provided by S. Martin and data from AUTEC provided by D. Moretti. Other datasets that use bottom-mounted sensors are also be considered as they are available and appropriate. The main species of interest in these datasets are sperm ...
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