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Mono-hydrophone localization of baleen whales: a study of propagation using a spectral element method applied in Northern Chile

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In the context of passive acoustic monitoring of large whales, we propose a new method for localizing blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) from the acoustic recordings of only one sensor. We use a precise modelling of the sound propagation thanks to SPECFEM, a spectral element code for solving wave propagation equations. Based on field measurements in Northern Chile, we ran a simulation on a large supercomputer. We also exploited a recording device, Bombyx II, for one and a half months, with visual monitoring of the zone by a group of experts. We find that the method applied to the south east Pacific song of blue whales gives theoretical results of about 50% success in position recovery. Since we have redundancy in our data, we were able to locate the whale with a precision of 500 m over a box of 10 km by 5 km in the case when we have both visual detection and a strong acoustic signal. More tests should be performed before validating this method, but these first results are encouraging.
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hal-02440437 , version 1 (15-01-2020)

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Julie Patris, Dimitri Komatitsch, Maritza Sepúlveda, Macarena Santos, Hervé Glotin, et al.. Mono-hydrophone localization of baleen whales: a study of propagation using a spectral element method applied in Northern Chile. Oceans 2019, Jun 2019, Marseille, France. ⟨10.1109/OCEANSE.2019.8867333⟩. ⟨hal-02440437⟩
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