Three-dimensional single-hydrophone tracking of a sperm whale demonstrated using workshop data from the bahamas

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-73

  Tiemann, Christopher O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOCALIZATION; BAHAMAS; SPERM WHALES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HYDROPHONES;

EID: 51449111924     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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