Performance of three acoustical methods for localizing whales in the Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park

• Main Author: Rouat, Jean
• Other Authors: Roy, Nathalie, Simard, Yvan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Communication channels (information theory); Monte Carlo methods; Parks; Ray tracing; Speed; Ultrasonic velocity measurement; Uncertainty analysis; Marine parks; Monte-Carlo simulations; Rorqual; Fin whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11143/10986

Abstract : Three algorithms are explored to localize fin whale calls recorded from a large-aperture hydrophone array deployed in the Saguenay—St. Lawrence Marine Park. The methods have to cope with varying sound speed in space and time, errors in time differences of arrival (TDoA) measurements in a...