Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Seismic Airgun Recordings 2010-2024

Wiggins, Sean M.; ZoBell, Vanessa M.; Hodge, Lynne E.W.; Soldevilla, Melissa S.; Frasier, Kaitlin E.

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Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Seismic Airgun Recordings 2010-2024

2025
By Wiggins, Sean M. ; ZoBell, Vanessa M. ; Hodge, Lynne E.W. ; ...

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Wiggins, Sean M. ; ZoBell, Vanessa M. ; Hodge, Lynne E.W. ; Soldevilla, Melissa S. ; Frasier, Kaitlin E.
Corporate Authors:

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. ; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Universidad Veracruzana. ; Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología. ; Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (Key Biscayne, Fla.) ; University of Colorado Boulder. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. ; National Centers for Environmental Information (U.S.)
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) ; NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
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In this report, we evaluate underwater sounds recorded at various locations around the GOM over a 14- year period (2010-2024), and spatio-temporally correlate these recordings with seismic airgun survey vessel activity using Global Positioning System (GPS) locations from the Automated Information System (AIS) and Protected Species Observation (PSO) reports recorded aboard seismic vessels. The correlations provide detailed insights on where, when, and how seismic surveys operate and how their sounds propagate in the GOM including temporal, spatial, and spectral patterns in received sound levels during seismic operations.
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Research Underwater Acoustics Underwater Acoustics Interagency Agreement #M11PG00041 MPL Technical Memorandum 673
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https://doi.org/10.25923/pfec-hq78
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Technical Memorandum
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Grant no. NA10OAR4320156 ; Grant no. NA20OAR4320472
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Gulf Coast (U.S.)
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