iSAT: The mega-fauna acoustic tracking system

Author

De La Torre, Pedro R. ; Smith, E. Lloyd ; Sancheti, Ajay ; Salama, Khaled N. ; Berumen, Michael L.

Author_Institution

Red Sea Res. Center, King Abdullah Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2013

fDate

10-14 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The acoustic tracking module of the Integrated Satellite and Acoustic Telemetry (iSAT) system is discussed in detail. iSAT is capable of detecting the relative direction of an acoustic source by measuring the order of arrival (OOA) of the acoustic signal to each hydrophone in a triangular array. The characteristics of the hydrophones, the projector, and the target acoustic signal used for iSAT are described. Initially it is designed to study the movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), but it could potentially be used to describe high resolution movements of other marine species.

Keywords

acoustic signal processing; hydrophones; marine engineering; satellite communication; telemetry; tracking; OOA; Rhincodon typus; acoustic signal; acoustic source; hydrophone; iSAT; integrated satellite and acoustic telemetry; marine species; megafauna acoustic tracking system; order of arrival; whale sharks; Acoustic measurements; Acoustics; Arrays; Noise; Resonant frequency; Sonar equipment; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS - Bergen, 2013 MTS/IEEE

Conference_Location

Bergen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0000-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS-Bergen.2013.6608085

Filename

6608085