Modeling the performance of the PT Sur hydrophone array in localizing blue whales
By: Carl Allen Hager
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Description: The acoustic activity of the blue whale is widely documented yet poorly understood. Hypotheses for its      vocalizations range from communication, bathymetric echolocation and echolocation of zooplankton masses.      Although extensive documentation of frequency structure and duration exists, a long term monitoring of      where and when the vocalizations are being made must be accomplished to test the validity of these theories.      The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Ocean Acoustic Observatory (OAO), which operates a former      Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) at Pt Sur, presents itself as a potentially valuable tool in the detection      and localization of Pacific blue whales.
Notes: "September 1997."

Thesis advisor(s): Ching-Sang Chiu, Curtis Collins.

Thesis (M.S. in Physical Oceanography) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-38)

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dk/dk cc:9116 04/29/98.