Source levels of fin whale 20 Hz pulses measured in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 741-749

  Weirathmueller, Michelle J ^a   Wilcock, William S D ^a   Soule, Dax C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PRESSURE LEVEL; COMMUNICATION RANGE; MODEL MAXIMUM; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PACIFIC OCEAN; PROPAGATION PATHS; SOURCE LEVEL; VERTICAL POSITIONS; WHALE CALLS;

BIOACOUSTICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FIN WHALE; MOTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; FIN WHALE; MOTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84873393954     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4773277     Document Type: Article

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