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Acoustic Zones of Australia

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The goal of our study was to split the Australian maritime Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) into a set of smaller acoustic zones, whereby each zone is characterised by a set of environmental parameters that vary more across than within zones. The environmental parameters chosen reflect the hydroacoustic (e.g., water column sound speed profile), geoacoustic (e.g., sound speeds and absorption coefficients for compressional and shear waves), and bathymetric (i.e., seafloor depth and slope) parameters that directly affect the way in which sound propagates. Mean zone parameters and shape files are available for download. The zones may be used to map, for example, underwater sound from commercial shipping within the entire Australian EEZ.

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Temporal extent2015-07-01 – 2017-07-01
Date (creation)2021-02-27
Statuscompleted
Update frequencynotPlanned
Metadata languageen
LicenseData was sourced from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub – the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), administered by the Department of the Environment (DOE).
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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