Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters

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Recordings of ship noise were analysed to build a catalogue of ship noise signatures in Australian waters, including source spectra and source levels. The data described by this record is derived from an initial set of five deployments by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) acoustic observatories.

Data and resources

DATA ACCESS - individual ship source spectra [zipped .csv files]

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DATA ACCESS - ship source levels (percentiles, derived) [.xlsx direct download]

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFO - data description for ship SL spectra [PDF direct download]

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PUBLICATION - Underwater noise signatures of ships in Australian waters [technical report]

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Additional information

Temporal extent	2012-08-01 – 2016-09-30
Date (creation)	2021-05-28
Status	completed
Update frequency	unknown
Metadata language	en
License	Data 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 metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
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