Underwater acoustic environment of coastal sea with heavy shipping traffic : NE Baltic Sea during wintertime implementation
| Autor: | Syrjälä, Joonas, Kalliola, Risto, Pajala, Jukka |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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wintertime
noise akustinen ympäristö mukautuva kynnystaso laivaliikenne Baltic Sea sea laivaus automatic identification system rannikkomeri dynaaminen taustamelu adaptive threshold level AIS-järjestelmä underwater noise threshold Gulf of Finland intermittent noise raskas laivaliikenne sound exposure level vedenalainen melu raskas laivausliikenne acoustic hydrofoninen äänitys underwater noise akustiikka rannikko talvi melukynnys ajoittainen melu shipping acoustic environment talviaika dynamic background noise vedenalainen AIS local intermittent noise coastal sea äänialtistustaso heavy shipping traffic winter melu vessel traffic Itämeri SEL anthropogenic underwater noise alusten automaattinen tunnistusjärjestelmä hydrofoni hydrophone recording shipping traffic |
| Popis: | Shipping is the most pervasive source of anthropogenic underwater continuous noise and local intermittent noise. This study focused on the separation of anthropogenic intermittent noise from dynamic background noise in the Gulf of Finland using an adaptive threshold level (ATL) technique. The intermittent noise was validated with Automatic Identification System (AIS) data and the background noise with selected environmental factors. Separated components were characterized and compared with a sound exposure level (SEL) in three 1/3 octave bands. Intermittent noise can be separated with ATL in the Baltic Sea, and vessel traffic identified as the primary source. Background noise varies spatially and is partially explained by environmental factors. Intermittent noise has strong persisting influence on the acoustic environment near shipping lanes, elevating the SEL in each of the 1/3 octave bands: by 20–30 dB in the 63 Hz band, by 13–22 dB in the 125 Hz band and by 5–8 dB in the 2000 Hz band. We conclude that strong intermittent noise is characteristic to the underwater acoustic environment in the study area with heavy shipping traffic. By combining ATL with data from AIS, intermittent noise peaks in underwater hydrophone recordings can be associated with passages of individual vessels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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