Publications


Rowell, T. J., D’Spain, G. L., Aburto-Oropeza, O., & Erisman, B. E. (2020). Drivers of male sound production and effective communication distances at fish spawning aggregation sites. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 77(2), 730–745. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz236
Guazzo, R. A., Weller, D. W., Europe, H. M., Durban, J. W., D’Spain, G. L., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2019). Migrating eastern North Pacific gray whale call and blow rates estimated from acoustic recordings, infrared camera video, and visual sightings. Scientific Reports, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49115-y
Guazzo, R. A., Schulman-Janiger, A., Smith, M. H., Barlow, J., D’Spain, G. L., Rimington, D. B., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2019). Gray whale migration patterns through the Southern California Bight from multi-year visual and acoustic monitoring. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 625, 181–203. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12989
Guazzo, R. A., Helble, T. A., D’Spain, G. L., Weller, D. W., Wiggins, S. M., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2017). Migratory behavior of eastern North Pacific gray whales tracked using a hydrophone array. PLOS ONE, 12(10), e0185585. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185585
Helble, T. A., Ierley, G. R., D’Spain, G. L., & Martin, S. W. (2015). Automated acoustic localization and call association for vocalizing humpback whales on the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(1), 11–21. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4904505
Freeman, S. E., Buckingham, M. J., Freeman, L. A., Lammers, M. O., & D’Spain, G. L. (2015). Cross-correlation, triangulation, and curved-wavefront focusing of coral reef sound using a bi-linear hydrophone array. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(1), 30–41. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4904523
Freeman, S. E., Rohwer, F. L., D’Spain, G. L., Friedlander, A. M., Gregg, A. K., Sandin, S. A., & Buckingham, M. J. (2014). The origins of ambient biological sound from coral reef ecosystems in the Line Islands archipelago. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135(4), 1775–1788. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4865922
Helble, T. A., D’Spain, G. L., Campbell, G. S., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2013). Calibrating passive acoustic monitoring: Correcting humpback whale call detections for site-specific and time-dependent environmental characteristics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(5), EL400–EL406. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4822319
Worcester, P. F., Dzieciuch, M. A., Mercer, J. A., Andrew, R. K., Dushaw, B. D., Baggeroer, A. B., Heaney, K. D., D’Spain, G. L., Colosi, J. A., Stephen, R. A., Kemp, J. N., Howe, B. M., Van Uffelen, L. J., & Wage, K. E. (2013). The North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory deep-water acoustic propagation experiments in the Philippine Sea. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(4), 3359–3375. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4818887
Heaney, K. D., Campbell, R. L., Murray, J. J., Baggeroer, A. B., Scheer, E. K., Stephen, R. A., D’Spain, G. L., & Mercer, J. A. (2013). Deep water towed array measurements at close range. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(4), 3230–3241. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4818869
Freeman, S. E., D’Spain, G. L., Lynch, S. D., Stephen, R. A., Heaney, K. D., Murray, J. J., Baggeroer, A. B., Worcester, P. F., Dzieciuch, M. A., & Mercer, J. A. (2013). Estimating the horizontal and vertical direction-of-arrival of water-borne seismic signals in the northern Philippine Sea. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(4), 3282–3298. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4818843
Helble, T. A., D’Spain, G. L., Hildebrand, J. A., Campbell, G. S., Campbell, R. L., & Heaney, K. D. (2013). Site specific probability of passive acoustic detection of humpback whale calls from single fixed hydrophones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(3), 2556–2570. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4816581
Helble, T. A., Ierley, G. R., D’Spain, G. L., Roch, M. A., & Hildebrand, J. A. (2012). A generalized power-law detection algorithm for humpback whale vocalizations. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(4), 2682–2699. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3685790
Lynch, S. D., & D’Spain, G. L. (2012). Evidence of Doppler-shifted Bragg scattering in the vertical plane by ocean surface waves. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(3), 2011–2022. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3683247
Lepper, P. A., & D’Spain, G. L. (2007). Measurement and modeling of the acoustic field near an underwater vehicle and implications for acoustic source localization. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122(2), 892–905. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2749410
D’Spain, G. L., Terrill, E., Chadwell, C. D., Smith, J. A., & Lynch, S. D. (2006). Active control of passive acoustic fields: Passive synthetic aperture/Doppler beamforming with data from an autonomous vehicle. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(6), 3635–3654. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2346177
D’Spain, G. L., & Batchelor, H. H. (2006). Observations of biological choruses in the Southern California Bight: A chorus at midfrequencies. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(4), 1942–1955. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2338802
D’Spain, G. L., Luby, J. C., Wilson, G. R., & Gramann, R. A. (2006). Vector sensors and vector sensor line arrays: Comments on optimal array gain and detection. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(1), 171–185. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2207573
Sabra, K. G., Roux, P., Thode, A. M., D’Spain, G. L., Hodgkiss, W. S., & Kuperman, W. A. (2005). Using ocean ambient noise for array self-localization and self-synchronization. Ieee Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 30(2), 338–347. https://doi.org/10.1109/joe.2005.850908
Zimmerman, R., D’Spain, G. L., & Chadwell, C. D. (2005). Decreasing the radiated acoustic and vibration noise of a mid-size AUV. Ieee Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 30(1), 179–187. https://doi.org/10.1109/joe.2004.836996
Hedlin, M. A. H., Alcoverro, B., & D’Spain, G. (2003). Evaluation of rosette infrasonic noise-reducing spatial filters. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114(4), 1807–1820. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1603763
Kuperman, W. A., D’Spain, G. L., & Heaney, K. D. (2001). Long range source localization from single hydrophone spectrograms. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109(5), 1935–1943. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1339829
Stevens, J. L., Baker, G. E., Cook, R. W., D’Spain, G. L., Berger, L. P., & Day, S. M. (2001). Empirical and numerical modeling of T-phase propagation from ocean to land. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 158(3), 531–565. https://doi.org/10.1007/pl00001194
D’Spain, G. L., Berger, L. P., Kuperman, W. A., Stevens, J. L., & Baker, G. E. (2001). Normal mode composition of earthquake T phases. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 158(3), 475–512. https://doi.org/10.1007/pl00001192
Thode, A. M., D’Spain, G. L., & Kuperman, W. A. (2000). Matched-field processing, geoacoustic inversion, and source signature recovery of blue whale vocalizations. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107(3), 1286–1300. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.428417
Thode, A. M., Kuperman, W. A., D’Spain, G. L., & Hodgkiss, W. S. (2000). Localization using Bartlett matched-field processor sidelobes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107(1), 278–286. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.428304
D’Spain, G. L., & Kuperman, W. A. (1999). Application of waveguide invariants to analysis of spectrograms from shallow water environments that vary in range and azimuth. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 106(5), 2454–2468. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.428124
D’Spain, G. L., Murray, J. J., Hodgkiss, W. S., Booth, N. O., & Schey, P. W. (1999). Mirages in shallow water matched field processing. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105(6), 3245–3265. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.424653
Hodgkiss, W. S., Ensberg, D. E., Murray, J. J., DSpain, G. L., Booth, N. O., & Schey, P. W. (1996). Direct measurement and matched-field inversion approaches to array shape estimation. Ieee Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 21(4), 393–401. https://doi.org/10.1109/48.544050
Booth, N. O., Baxley, P. A., Rice, J. A., Schey, P. W., Hodgkiss, W. S., DSpain, G. L., & Murray, J. J. (1996). Source localization with broad-band matched-field processing in shallow water. Ieee Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 21(4), 402–412. https://doi.org/10.1109/48.544051
DSpain, G. L., Hodgkiss, W. S., & Edmonds, G. L. (1991). The simultaneous measurement of infrasonic acoustic particle velocity and acoustic pressure in the ocean by freely drifting Swallow floats. Ieee Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 16(2), 195–207. https://doi.org/10.1109/48.84136
D’Spain, G. L., Hodgkiss, W. S., & Edmonds, G. L. (1991). Energetics of the Deep Oceans Infrasonic Sound Field. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 89(3), 1134–1158. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.400677