title: Mapping probability of shipping sound exposure level.
abstract: Mapping vessel noise is emerging as one method of identifying areas where sound exposure due to shipping noise could have negative impacts on aquatic ecosystems. The probability distribution function (pdf) of sound exposure levels (SEL) is an important metric for identifying areas of concern. In this paper a probabilistic shipping SEL modeling method is described to obtain the pdf of SEL using the sonar equation and statistical relations linking the pdfs of ship traffic density, source levels, and transmission losses to their products and sums.
authors.affiliation: Chair Chorus, Foundation of Grenoble Institute of Technology and GIPSA-lab 46, Avenue Felix Viallet, 38031, Grenoble Cedex 1, France cedric.gervaise@gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr.
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gervaise
authors.affiliation: Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 850 Route de la Mer, Mont-Joli, Quebec G5H-3Z4, Canadaflorian.aulanier@uqar.ca, yvan_simard@dfo-mpo.gc.ca, nathalie.roy@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aulanier
authors.affiliation: Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 850 Route de la Mer, Mont-Joli, Quebec G5H-3Z4, Canadaflorian.aulanier@uqar.ca, yvan_simard@dfo-mpo.gc.ca, nathalie.roy@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
authors.forename: Yvan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Simard
authors.affiliation: Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 850 Route de la Mer, Mont-Joli, Quebec G5H-3Z4, Canadaflorian.aulanier@uqar.ca, yvan_simard@dfo-mpo.gc.ca, nathalie.roy@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roy