Australian Acoustic Observatory: A network to monitor biodiversity

该项目旨在建立一个由澳大利亚450个监听站组成的陆地声学传感器网络。声传感通过全天候记录发声物种，为生态系统监测和研究提供时空数据，从而改变了环境科学。澳大利亚在这一新兴领域拥有领先的研究专长，这与其脆弱和极其多样化的环境有关。该项目有望实现和发展大陆尺度的环境监测，所产生的数据将在网上免费提供给所有人，从而使理解生态系统、长期环境变化、数据可视化和声学科学成为新的科学。

This project aims to create a terrestrial acoustic sensor network comprising 450 listening stations across Australia. Acoustic sensing transforms environmental science by recording vocal species 24/7, providing spatial and temporal data for ecosystem monitoring and research. Australia has leading research expertise in this emerging field, which is relevant to its fragile and mega-diverse environment. This project is expected to enable and develop continental scale environmental monitoring, and the data generated will be made freely available to all online, enabling new science in understanding ecosystems, long-term environmental change, data visualisation and acoustic science.