Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Recordings of ship noise were analysed to build a catalogue of ship noise signatures in Australian waters, including source spectra and source levels. The data described by this record is derived from an initial set of five deployments by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) acoustic observatories.

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Field Value
Title Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0abc5f4e-0fc5-45cb-85b7-b2534cb1eccb
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
C.Erbe@curtin.edu.au
Reference Period 01/08/2012 - 30/09/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/underwater-noise-signatures-of-ships-in-australian-waters