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September 10, 2025The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Modeling source levels of marine shipping

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AMAlexander O. MacGillivrayMSMax Schuster

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This review assesses modeling approaches for source levels in marine shipping, suggesting improvements for underwater sound prediction.

Key Points

  • Marine shipping noise significantly affects the underwater soundscape due to its dominant source levels.
  • Data from large repositories, like the ECHO database, enhance the accuracy of ship source level models.
  • Statistical estimation techniques are utilized to account for vessel characteristics and operating conditions.
  • Predictable trends emerge in source levels when considering populations of vessels, despite individual uncertainties.

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MacGillivray et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1b5fe54b1d3bfb60eac36https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0037830
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