Research summary
The world’s oceans are vast, remote and harsh. These qualities mean it is challenging to measure ocean properties, biological activity, and the impacts of humans on oceans. Through measuring and modelling ocean noise, Dr. David R. Barclay develops methods for using the noise itself as a sensing tool, allowing researchers to observe physical processes and properties of the ocean, surface, and seabed. Relating these mechanisms to the level and direction of ocean noise provides a means to predict the ocean soundscape in time, space, and frequency, and improves our ability to monitor human and marine animal underwater activity.