September 23-27, a team of researchers and engineers will conduct fieldwork off Oceanside, California, to test their new tool for characterizing soundscapes — the first ever autonomous, near-real-time, directional acoustic profiling float powered by marine renewable energy (ocean thermal energy conversion, OTEC). Why study soundscapes? Sound is a crucial component of ocean science and stewardship, and deepwater soundscapes can provide insight into marine mammal distributions, seismic and volcanic activity, illegal fishing activity, other human activities, and more.
Learn more about the project: https://lnkd.in/eDaCCqMs
Seen here are the Seatrec infiniTE float (left) and the Integral Consulting team with their NoiseSpotter directional sensing array, a simplified version of which will be attached to the bottom of the float during deployment (right). Images courtesy of Seatrec/Garrett Staines (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).
With Integral Consulting Inc., SEATREC, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School
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