DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.31348129.v1
title: AEON WBAT integrated backscatter, aggregated by month

description: Datasets are shown by collection site and deployment/recovery dates, except where data sampling is cut short (e.g., equipment failure). WBAT data are collected for sites AEON1 NEC and AEON5 WIB. AZFP data are collected at sites AEON2 ECS, AEON3 GEB, and AEON4 JOB. Zipped files include exported backscatter measurements integrated in 5 m vertical bins summarized over each duty cycle. Exports are aggregated by month. All WBAT export times are UTC. A readme file is provided with each dataset.This collection represents the data collected from the Acoustic and Environmental Observation Network (AEON) in the U.S. Northwest Atlantic, developed and deployed 2021. The AEON network of five observation nodes complements existing oceanographic monitoring infrastructure in the Gulf of Maine. The observatory network provides simultaneous, long-term monitoring of soundscapes and multiple acoustically-relevant parameters such as marine mammal behavior and prey concentration at key locations where changes in the Labrador and Gulf Stream currents are projected to affect the Gulf of Maine.The lead P.I. for this project is Dr. Jennifer Miksis-Olds, University of New Hampshire (UNH). Dr. Miksis-Olds leads a collaborative research team consisting of individuals from UNH, JASCO Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University, and other colleagues.Please cite these data as Jennifer Miksis-Olds, AEON PI, University of New Hampshire with funding from U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research Awards N00014-20-1-2312, N00014-23-12767, N00014-24-12740.Raw data [including detailed metadata] are archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information :<br>Active Acoustic raw data, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/water-column-sonar/<br>Passive Acoustic raw data, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/passive_acoustic_data/<br>The AEON network in the Gulf of Maine totals 5 observation nodes. Datasets are indicated by siteAEON1 NEC, Northeast Channel, CanadaAEON2 ECS, Eastern Coastal Shelf, CanadaAEON3 GEB, Georges Basin, USAEON4 Jordan Basin, USAEON5 Wilkinson Basin, USSampling period is reflected as "Deploy date-Recovery date" (e.g., Jan2022-Feb2023 was deployed January 2022 and recovered February 2023).<b>Dataset manifest:</b>Research Cruise 2: Jasco dataset 1: Feb 2021 thru July 2021 (AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 3: Jasco dataset 2: July 2021 thru Jan 2022 (AEON3 GEB, AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 4: Jasco dataset 3: Jan 2022 thru Dec 2022 (AEON1 NEC, AEON2 ECS, AEON3 GEB, AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 5: Jasco dataset 4: Feb 2023 thru Feb 2024 (AEON1 NEC, AEON2 ECS, AEON3 GEB) and Dec 2022 thru Dec 2023 (AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 6: Jasco dataset 5: Mar/Apr 2024 thru Apr 2025 (AEON1 NEC, AEON2 ECS, AEON3 GEB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 7 is planned for April 2026Project Website is:<br>https://eos.unh.edu/aeon<br>Contact: "Jennifer Miksis-Olds"<br>See also: https://eos.unh.edu/center-acoustics-research-education<br>Data are supplied as-is and no warranty is made, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.