Robots4Whales
Stony Brook University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
New York Bight, Winter 2023-2024
Study objectives
A Slocum G3 glider was deployed off the coast of Long Island, New York to conduct surveys for baleen whales, including the seriously endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Principal Investigators: Lesley Thorne (Stony Brook University), Charlie Flagg (Stony Brook University), Joe Warren (Stony Brook University) and Mark Baumgartner (WHOI)
Analyst: Julianne Wilder
Platform location:
Analyst-reviewed species occurrence maps:
Daily analyst review:
| | Detected |
| Possibly detected |
| Not detected |
Time series:
Diel plot:
Links to detailed information:
Automated detection data
DMON/LFDCS Diagnostics
Platform diagnostics
Sounds
What types of sounds are we monitoring? Find examples of the sounds right, fin, sei and humpback whales make here.
Questions
Please email Mark Baumgartner at mbaumgartner@whoi.edu. For a general desciption of the detection system and the autonomous platforms, visit dcs.whoi.edu.
Acknowledgements
Engineering support for the DMON2 instrument deployed on this glider was provided by Jim Partan and Keenan Ball (WHOI). Support for the preparation, deployment and operation of the glider was provided by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
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