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Broadband spectra of seismic survey air-gun emissions, with reference to dolphin auditory thresholds

1998
Pay-walled Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Goold, J. C. and Fish, P. J.

Acoustic emissions from a 2120 cubic in. air-gun array were recorded through a towed hydrophone assembly during an oil industry 2-D seismic survey off the West...
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Keywords: Acoustic noise, Acoustic phenomena, Auditory threshold, Bioacoustics of mammals, Hydrophone

Low-frequency sound level in the Southern Indian Ocean

2015
Pay-walled Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Tsang-Hin-Sun, Eve, Royer Jean-Yves, and Leroy Emmanuelle C.

This study presents long-term statistics on the ambient sound in the Southern Indian Ocean basin based on 2 years of data collected on six widely distributed...
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Keywords: Acoustic noise, Acoustic signal processing, Hydrophones, Underwater sound

Assessment of sub-sea acoustic noise and vibration from offshore wind turbines and its impact on marine wildlife; initial measurements of underwater noise during construction of offshore wind farms, and comparison with background noise.

2003
Open Access Report

Subacoustech

Nedwell, J., Langworthy, J. and Howell, D.,

The report presents a significant body of underwater noise measurements taken in the period April 2003 to January 2004 at operational and construction stage windfarm sites...
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Keywords: Acoustic noise, Offshore wind, Turbines, Vibration

A method for detecting whistles, moans and other frequency contour sounds.

2010
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Mellinger, D., Martin, S., Morrissey, R., Thomas, L. et al.

An algorithm is presented for the detection of frequency contour sounds—whistles of dolphins and many other odontocetes, moans of baleen whales, chirps of birds, and numerous...
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Keywords: Acoustic analysis, Acoustic noise, Acoustic sensing, Agroacoustics, Microphones

Empirical prediction of peak pressure levels in anthropogenic impulsive noise. Part I: Airgun arrays signals

2015
Pay-walled Journal Article

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Galindo-Romero, Marta, Lippert Tristan, and Gavrilov Alexander

This paper presents an empirical linear equation to predict peak pressure level of anthropogenic impulsive signals based on its correlation with the sound exposure level. The...
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Keywords: Acoustic intensity measurement, Acoustic noise, Acoustic signal processing, Aeroacoustics, Underwater sound