The measurement of the underwater radiated noise from marine piling including characterisation of a "soft start" period

OCEANS 2007 - Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Robinson, Stephen P ^b   Lepper, Paul A ^a   Ablitt, Justin ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise measurement; Environmental factors; Marine animals; Underwater acoustic measurements

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MARINE ANIMALS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 36348939824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/oceanse.2007.4302326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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