Underwater passive acoustic localization of pacific walruses in the northeastern chukchi sea

Auteurs-es

  • Brendan Rideout School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
  • Stan E. Dosso School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
  • David Hannay JASCO Research Ltd., 2305-4464 Markham St, Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8, Canada

Mots-clés :

Uncertainty analysis, Chukchi Sea, Environmental parameter, Passive acoustics, Prior estimates, Propagation environment, Range-independent, Relative uncertainty, Summer months, Water depth

Résumé

The article examines underwater passive acoustic localization of pacific walruses in the northeastern Chukchi sea. Environmental parameters and receiver parameters, in addition to walrus positions and vocalization times, are treated as unknowns and constrained with prior estimates and prior uncertainties. Three of these recorders were deployed approximately 400 m apart near the Hanna Shoal, a 30 m deep region of the Chukchi Sea where Pacific walruses are known to congregate during the summer months. Given that water depth was essentially uniform, a range independent propagation environment is assumed. Given the relative and absolute uncertainties, several observations can be made about the estimated track. The zig-zags in the track in the x-y plane are within relative uncertainties and, thus, are unlikely to be real.

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2012-09-01

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Rideout B, Dosso SE, Hannay D. Underwater passive acoustic localization of pacific walruses in the northeastern chukchi sea. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 1 sept. 2012 [cité 15 févr. 2025];40(3):44-5. Disponible à: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2531

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Actes du congrès de la Semaine canadienne d'acoustique

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