ADEON: Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network
2018-2020 — Outer Continental Shelf, United States
Client: University of New Hampshire
2020:
• Project Dictionary: Terminology Standard
• Data Processing Specification
2018:
• Underwater Soundscape and Modeling Metadata Standard
• Calibration and Deployment Good Practice Guide
• Hardware Specification
A 3-year collaboration with UNH on an observatory network that generated multi-year, multi-sensor measurements of the ecology and soundscape of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Long-term observations of living marine resources and marine sound will assist federal agencies (BOEM, ONR, NOAA, etc.), in complying with mandates in the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), and Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA). Outputs include standardized tools for comparing soundscapes across regions and predictive models for the soundscape and overall ecology of the southeast OCS.
