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©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.A Sonobuoy is a relatively small (typically 4 inches, or 124 mm, in diameter and 36 inches, or 910 mm, long) expendable sonar system that is dropped/ejected from aircraft or ships conducting anti-submarine warfare or underwater acoustic research.
| Dataset Name | PI-Supplied Description | PI-Supplied Name |
|---|---|---|
| Sonobuoy data used to collect whale acoustics from ARSV Laurence M. Gould and RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises LMG0103, NBP0103, and NBP0104 in the Southern Ocean in 2001 (SOGLOBEC project) | 53B denotes DIFAR (directional fixing and ranging) sonobuoy, having a frequency range of 10 Hz to 2.5 kHz.57B denotes an omnidirectional sonobuoy with a frequency range up to 40 kHz. | Sonobuoy |