Frequency based algorithm for robust contour extraction of blue whale B and D calls

OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Madhusudhana, Shyam Kumar ^a   Oleson, Erin M ^b   Soldevilla, Melissa S ^b   Roch, Marie A ^a   Hildebrand, John A ^b  

^a San Diego State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE WHALES; CONTOUR EXTRACTION;

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS;

EID: 51449095736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4531036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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