Title
A quantitative soundscape analysis of the Canadian Arctic, 2014–2019
Author(s)
Halliday, William D.;Barclay, David R.;Cook, Emmanuelle;...;Pine, Matthew;...;Insley, Stephen
Published
2020
Publisher
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Abstract
= 91 dB). SPL increased as wind speed increased, but decreased as both ice concentration and air temperature increased. The highest SPLs were in August-October, and the lowest in March–April. SPL increased as the number of ships increased. The highest mean SPLs were recorded near southeast Baffin Island, but the most ship noise was recorded near Pond Inlet (>1 ship/day in summer). This study provides an important baseline for underwater sound levels in the Canadian Arctic, and fills many geographic gaps on published underwater sound levels.
Keywords
Cryosphere;acoustical properties;underwater ambient noise;underwater acoustics;acoustic ecology;thermal instruments;climate change;anthropogenic
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