Title :
The utility of automated Electro-Optical systems for measuring marine mammal densities
Author :
Schoonmaker, Jon ; Podobna, Y. ; Boucher, Cynthia ; Sofianos, James ; Oakley, Daniel ; Medeiros, Dustin ; Lopez, Jasmine
Author_Institution :
Adv. Coherent Technol., Adv. Coherent Technol., LLC, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
The objective of this work is to demonstrate an automated Electro-Optical and Infrared (EO/IR) system for measuring marine mammal densities. The ability of an EO/IR system to make density measurements without corresponding acoustic and visual data is only limited by the number of animals present and the probability that the animal is close enough to the surface to be detected and tracked. It is discussed the utility of this type of EO/IR system in measuring the densities of various species of interest.
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; oceanographic regions; acoustic data; automated electro-optical systems; density measurements; infrared system; marine mammal densities; visual data; Cameras; Density measurement; Narrowband; Sensors; Streaming media; Whales;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2010
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4332-1
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664431
