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

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4055-4061

  Mellinger, David K ^a   Martin, Stephen W ^b   Morrissey, Ronald P ^c   Thomas, Len ^d   Yosco, James J ^e  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^c NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e SAIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALEEN WHALES; CONTOUR DETECTION; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; FREQUENCY RANGES; GRID SEARCH; HUMPBACK WHALES; MINKE WHALES; ODONTOCETES; OPTIMAL VALUES; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PARAMETER SPACES; SPECTRAL PEAK; SPECTROGRAMS; TEST DATA; TIME SLICE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; OPTIMIZATION; SPECTROGRAPHS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

SIGNALING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMPBACK WHALE; MINKE WHALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; HUMPBACK WHALE; MINKE WHALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79959468433     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3531926     Document Type: Article

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