• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2011-05-11T00:00:00.000+00:00

The collection and analysis of water column sonar data is a relatively new avenue of research into the marine environment. Primary uses include assessing biological abundance, species...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-07-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

To understand natural and anthropogenic sound in the ocean, and to compare underwater soundscapes globally, standard methods of analysis must be applied to passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) data....

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-12-03T01:00:28.000+00:00

The data described here includes the analysis of plankton samples for the presence and size of akule and 'opelu larvae, as well as the tow metadata of samples including tow type, mesh size, and...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2014-05-23T00:00:00.000+00:00

A series of synthesized sounds were played back from multiple locations around and within a grid of four DIFAR sonobuoys. Four type 53F DIFAR sonobuoys with attached SPOT GPS devices were deployed...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2018-05-18T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Gulf of Mexico Passive Acoustic Monitoring Program collaborative research project aims to document and describe soundscapes in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoMex) region. The overarching...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-12-31T00:00:00.000+00:00

Passive acoustic monitoring of Gulf of Maine waters is a critical aspect of understanding long term changes in North Atlantic right whale (NARW) presence and distribution within this region. An...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-03-03T00:00:00.000+00:00

These datasets are a compilation of 8 days of acoustic data, collected in the Western North Atlantic Ocean that was manually annotated for the presence of North Atlantic right whale upcalls. This...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-03-03T00:00:00.000+00:00

This dataset is a compilation of 1 week of acoustic data, collected in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary within the Western North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset was manually annotated for...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-02-13T00:00:00.000+00:00

The collection and analysis of passive acoustic data supports research into the soundscape of marine environments. Primary uses include detecting and characterizing sounds produced and used by...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-10-06T00:00:00.000+00:00

Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: June 2010 to March 2012. These data are part of a large passive acoustic survey across the eastern Gulf continental...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-12-20T00:00:00.000+00:00

This is a 20-year (1997-2018) dataset of neustonic ichthyoplankton collections from West Hawai'i and beyond focusing on four species of billfishes (Blue Marlin /Makaira nigricans/, Striped Marlin...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-10-06T00:00:00.000+00:00

Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: June 2010 to March 2012. These data are part of a large passive acoustic survey across the eastern Gulf continental...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-07-13T00:00:00.000+00:00

This record represents raw passive acoustic data collected by NOAA's Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) from moored recording instruments in the Gulf of Mexico since 2016. Moored acoustic...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000+00:00

This record represents the raw passive acoustic data collected from Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network (ADEON) for the U.S. Mid- and South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-09-21T00:00:00.000+00:00

The U.S. Navy periodically uses a Temporary Maritime Activities Area (TMAA) in the central Gulf of Alaska (GoA), east of Kodiak Island. Current scientific data on affected biological and...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2014-05-23T00:00:00.000+00:00

Passive acoustic monitoring of the ocean ambient sound field is a critical aspect of NOAA's mandate for ocean and coastal stewardship. This includes detecting and characterizing: (1) sounds...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-09-21T00:00:00.000+00:00

This record represents raw passive acoustic data collected from the Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS). From 2006 to 2011, researchers deployed arrays of...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-02-04T00:00:00.000+00:00

The DCLDE Oahu dataset consists of a subset of passive acoustic data collected using a multi-channeltowed hydrophone array during the Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2021-02-19T00:00:00.000+00:00

This catalog contains passive acoustic recordings of cetaceans taken from areas within the Pacific Islands Region since 2005.

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

The map shows the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculated as the difference between predicted received level (RL) at the hydrophone and the wind-induced noise level (WN). The RL field is calculated...

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