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a library of easily downloadable datasets with animal vocalizations (audio)
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NOAA Passive Acoustic Archive #23

Open kzacarian opened 4 years ago

kzacarian commented 4 years ago

We recently had a great call with Carrie Wall Bell, who is leading the NOAA passive acoustic archive, available on GCP to support immediate access and facilitate 'in place' processing. According to their website, Data are free and without copyright restriction.

_Data Collection and Applications Passive acoustic monitoring of the ocean sound field is a critical aspect of NOAA’s mandate for ocean and coastal data stewardship. Sound can travel vast distances underwater (e.g., across ocean basins) making passive acoustic monitoring a powerful observational tool that is used across NOAA to detect and characterize:

Data Stewardship NCEI and NOAA line offices are collaborating to create an archive for passive acoustic data from a number of sources throughout government and academia._