Schematic showing the float’s operational modes, including data telemetry, acoustic listening, and energy harvesting along with potential noise sources: a large container ship, a whale, an undersea volcano, and a starburst, indicating a human-generated noise.
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Profiling Float Schematic
Schematic illustrating the three modes of the operations Seatrec infiniTE float with directional acoustic sensor: listening, energy harvesting and data processing, and data telemetry (communications). Potential noise sources are represented by a ship, whale, volcano, and seal bomb (an acoustic deterrent used to scare marine mammals away from fishing operations).
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Autonomous, Directional Acoustic Profiling Float for Soundscape Characterization