Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters

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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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2021-05-28

Principal investigator

Murdoch University - Smith, Josh
90 South Street
Western Australia
Australia

Principal investigator

Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST), Curtin University - Duncan, Alec
GPO Box U1987
Perth
Western Australia
6845
Australia

Principal investigator

CSIRO - Peel, David
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
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Principal investigator

Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST), Curtin University - Erbe, Christine
GPO Box U1987
Perth
Western Australia
6845
Australia
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Status
Completed

Point of contact

Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST), Curtin University - Erbe, Christine
GPO Box U1987
Perth
Western Australia
6845
Australia
ORCID ID >

Topic category
  • Oceans

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Temporal extent

Time period
2012-08-01 2016-09-30
Maintenance and update frequency
Unknown
Keywords (Theme)
  • Shipping noise
  • anthropogenic pressures
NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
Keywords (Theme)
  • Frequency
  • Sound level

Resource constraints

Other constraints
This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project E2.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Resource constraints

Use limitation
Data was sourced from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub – the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), administered by the Department of the Environment (DOE).

Resource constraints

Linkage
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Title
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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

License Text

Other constraints
The citation in a list of references is: citation author name/s (year metadata published), metadata title. Citation author organisation/s. File identifier and Data accessed at (add http link).
Other constraints
The data described in this record are the intellectual property of Curtin University, Murdoch University, and CSIRO.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Supplemental Information
Erbe, C., Duncan, A., Peel, D. Smith, J.N. (2020). Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. CMST Curtin University. https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/document/underwater-noise-signatures-ships-australian-waters-technical-report

Content Information

Content type
Physical measurement
Description
Frequency
Name
Frequency

Name
f

Name
kHz
Description
Quantiles of estimated source level for various vessel types
Name
Sound level

Name
SL

Name
dB re 1 µPa2/Hz m

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • Microsoft Excel

OnLine resource
DATA ACCESS - individual ship source spectra [zipped .csv files]

OnLine resource
DATA ACCESS - ship source levels (percentiles, derived) [.xlsx direct download]

OnLine resource
SUPPLEMENTARY INFO - data description for ship SL spectra [PDF direct download]

OnLine resource
PUBLICATION - Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters [technical report]

Resource lineage

Statement
Estimates of the noise source spectra of ships were obtained using geo-referenced AIS data and acoustic data from the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS). The results of applying the software to recordings from an initial set of five IMOS deployments from two locations (Perth Canyon W.A. and Portland S.A.) and spanning a total of 1463 days. This ship source level data is essential in the cumulative noise modelling process given it provides the source levels of the different types/class sizes of ships being modelled. This data contributes to the start of an Australian database of ship noise data, although it had a limited range of vessel types (mainly all cargo vessels and some tankers) and future acoustic logger deployments will need to strategically identify areas that maximises this, if this is an aim.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Metadata

Metadata identifier
fa4f8288-5dbf-450a-bfa1-6a83764a94ad

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Emma Flukes (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Data Manager)
Parent metadata

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/fa4f8288-5dbf-450a-bfa1-6a83764a94ad

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Date info (Creation)
2021-06-01T11:42:20
Date info (Revision)
2021-06-01T11:42:20

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

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Keywords

Frequency Shipping noise Sound level anthropogenic pressures
NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
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