Modeling cumulative sound exposure over large areas, multiple sources, and long durations

Guidelines and regulations for underwater noise exposure tend to focus on single events. For example, the noise field from a single strike on a pile during pile driving or from a single discharge of a seismic air gun array is mapped through either modeling or field measurements, and mitigation zones...

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Main Author: Erbe, Christine
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer New York LLC 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6417
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description Guidelines and regulations for underwater noise exposure tend to focus on single events. For example, the noise field from a single strike on a pile during pile driving or from a single discharge of a seismic air gun array is mapped through either modeling or field measurements, and mitigation zones are defined based on ranges to thresholds commonly expressed as sound pressure level (SPL) or sound exposure level (SEL). In many situations, however, animals will experience ongoing or repeated exposure. The effects of cumulative exposure, the way in which effects from single exposures accumulate, and the potential for recovery between repeated exposures are poorly understood. Another (computational) challenge is to predict, through modeling, cumulative levels received by animals from multiple sources, from moving sources, and from multiple exposures over long durations and large areas. The following sections outline the steps to solve the computational problem for selected example cases.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-64172017-09-13T14:42:16Z Modeling cumulative sound exposure over large areas, multiple sources, and long durations Erbe, Christine pile driving underwater seismic air gun array noise exposure Guidelines and regulations for underwater noise exposure tend to focus on single events. For example, the noise field from a single strike on a pile during pile driving or from a single discharge of a seismic air gun array is mapped through either modeling or field measurements, and mitigation zones are defined based on ranges to thresholds commonly expressed as sound pressure level (SPL) or sound exposure level (SEL). In many situations, however, animals will experience ongoing or repeated exposure. The effects of cumulative exposure, the way in which effects from single exposures accumulate, and the potential for recovery between repeated exposures are poorly understood. Another (computational) challenge is to predict, through modeling, cumulative levels received by animals from multiple sources, from moving sources, and from multiple exposures over long durations and large areas. The following sections outline the steps to solve the computational problem for selected example cases. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6417 10.1007/978-1-4419-7311-5_108 Springer New York LLC restricted
spellingShingle pile driving
underwater
seismic air gun array
noise exposure
Erbe, Christine
Modeling cumulative sound exposure over large areas, multiple sources, and long durations
title Modeling cumulative sound exposure over large areas, multiple sources, and long durations
title_full Modeling cumulative sound exposure over large areas, multiple sources, and long durations
title_fullStr Modeling cumulative sound exposure over large areas, multiple sources, and long durations
title_full_unstemmed Modeling cumulative sound exposure over large areas, multiple sources, and long durations
title_short Modeling cumulative sound exposure over large areas, multiple sources, and long durations
title_sort modeling cumulative sound exposure over large areas, multiple sources, and long durations
topic pile driving
underwater
seismic air gun array
noise exposure
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6417