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ArticleScientific reports2023

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on levels of deep-ocean acoustic noise.

Stephen Robinson, Peter Harris, Sei-Him Cheong, Lian Wang, Valerie Livina, Georgios Haralabus, Mario Zampolli, Peter Nielsen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Stephen RobinsonNational Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK. stephen.robinson@npl.co.uk.
Peter HarrisNational Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK. peter.harris@npl.co.uk.
Sei-Him CheongNational Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK.
Lian WangNational Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK.
Valerie LivinaNational Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK.
Georgios HaralabusHydro-Acoustics, Engineering and Development Section, IMS, CTBTO, Vienna, Austria. georgios.haralabus@ctbto.org.
Mario ZampolliHydro-Acoustics, Engineering and Development Section, IMS, CTBTO, Vienna, Austria.
Peter Nielsen, Esbjerg, Denmark.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic led to measures to mitigate the spread of the disease, with lockdowns and mobility restrictions at national and international levels. These measures led to sudden and sometimes dramatic reductions in human activity, including significant reductions in ship traffic in the maritime sector. We report on a reduction of deep-ocean acoustic noise in three ocean basins in 2020, based on data acquired by hydroacoustic stations in the International Monitoring System of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. The noise levels measured in 2020 are compared with predicted levels obtained from modelling data from previous years using Gaussian Process regression. Comparison of the predictions with measured data for 2020 shows reductions of between 1 and 3 dB in the frequency range from 10 to 100 Hz for all but one of the stations.

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AcousticsCOVID-19Geographic MappingNoiseOceans and SeasEcosystemHuman ActivitiesIslandsNoise, TransportationRegression AnalysisShips

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PMID36944646
PMCPMC10028758

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