Underwater tracking of humpback whales (Megaptera Novaeangliae) with high-frequency pingers and acoustic recording tags

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 821-836

  Schmidt, Val ^a   Weber, Thomas C ^a   Wiley, David N ^b   Johnson, Mark P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic positioning; long baseline (LBL) positioning; marine mammal; whale tracking

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC POSITIONING; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; ACOUSTIC SOURCES; ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS; AMBIENT NOISE; COMMONLY USED; GENERATION METHOD; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HUMPBACK WHALES; LONG-BASELINE (LBL) POSITIONING; MARINE MAMMALS; MEAN DIAMETER; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; POSITIONAL ACCURACY; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RECORDING DEVICES; SPEED PROFILE; TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; UNDERWATER TRACKING; WHALE TRACKING;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; DIGITAL DEVICES; MAMMALS;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 78649756262     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2010.2068610     Document Type: Article

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