Tank Evaluation of Two Acoustic Cameras to Inform Fish Collision Risk Monitoring Capabilities
This dataset contains acoustic camera data collected in the engineering tank at the Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire in October 2025. Data were collected with two acoustic cameras: a Sound Metrics Corporation ARIS 3000 (ARIS) and a Tritech Gemini 1200ikd (Gemini). Three tests were completed with each acoustic camera:
1. Test 1 - a single 38.1 mm tungsten carbide sphere was moved throughout beam array of the acoustic camera with 1 degree horizontal resolution and 2 degree vertical resolution to characterize how the appearance of the target varied throughout the acoustic camera field of view
2. Test 2 - 38.1 mm spheres of different materials (aluminum, hollow polypropylene, and solid polypropylene) were tested to study the influence of target material on appearance in the acoustic camera image
3. Test 3 - two 38.1 mm tungsten carbide spheres were positioned with varying separation distance (6-22 cm) to study the ability to distinguish between two closely-spaced targets and estimate the separation distance between them.
Data was collected using the manufacturer-provided software for both acoustic cameras (ARIScope version 2.10.5.3840 for the ARIS and Genesis version 1.10.5.0 for the Gemini) and extracted for analysis in MATLAB using the manufacturer provided software development kits. This dataset includes the raw data recorded by the acoustic camera software and MATLAB .mat files containing the extracted pings for each target position.
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AB - This dataset contains acoustic camera data collected in the engineering tank at the Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire in October 2025. Data were collected with two acoustic cameras: a Sound Metrics Corporation ARIS 3000 (ARIS) and a Tritech Gemini 1200ikd (Gemini). Three tests were completed with each acoustic camera:
1. Test 1 - a single 38.1 mm tungsten carbide sphere was moved throughout beam array of the acoustic camera with 1 degree horizontal resolution and 2 degree vertical resolution to characterize how the appearance of the target varied throughout the acoustic camera field of view
2. Test 2 - 38.1 mm spheres of different materials (aluminum, hollow polypropylene, and solid polypropylene) were tested to study the influence of target material on appearance in the acoustic camera image
3. Test 3 - two 38.1 mm tungsten carbide spheres were positioned with varying separation distance (6-22 cm) to study the ability to distinguish between two closely-spaced targets and estimate the separation distance between them.
Data was collected using the manufacturer-provided software for both acoustic cameras (ARIScope version 2.10.5.3840 for the ARIS and Genesis version 1.10.5.0 for the Gemini) and extracted for analysis in MATLAB using the manufacturer provided software development kits. This dataset includes the raw data recorded by the acoustic camera software and MATLAB .mat files containing the extracted pings for each target position.
AU - Staines, Garrett
A2 - Cotter, Emma
DB - Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - MHK
KW - Marine
KW - Hydrokinetic
KW - energy
KW - acoustic camera
KW - environmental monitoring
KW - fish collision
KW - raw data
KW - MATLAB
KW - Sound Metrics Corporation ARIS 3000
KW - Tritech Gemini 1200ikd
KW - risk monitoring
LA - English
DA - 2025/10/20
PY - 2025
PB - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
T1 - Tank Evaluation of Two Acoustic Cameras to Inform Fish Collision Risk Monitoring Capabilities
UR - https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/698
ER -
Staines, Garrett, and Emma Cotter. Tank Evaluation of Two Acoustic Cameras to Inform Fish Collision Risk Monitoring Capabilities. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 20 October, 2025, Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/698.
Staines, G., & Cotter, E. (2025). Tank Evaluation of Two Acoustic Cameras to Inform Fish Collision Risk Monitoring Capabilities. [Data set]. Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/698
Staines, Garrett and Emma Cotter. Tank Evaluation of Two Acoustic Cameras to Inform Fish Collision Risk Monitoring Capabilities. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, October, 20, 2025. Distributed by Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/698
@misc{MHKDR_Dataset_698,
title = {Tank Evaluation of Two Acoustic Cameras to Inform Fish Collision Risk Monitoring Capabilities},
author = {Staines, Garrett and Cotter, Emma},
abstractNote = {This dataset contains acoustic camera data collected in the engineering tank at the Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire in October 2025. Data were collected with two acoustic cameras: a Sound Metrics Corporation ARIS 3000 (ARIS) and a Tritech Gemini 1200ikd (Gemini). Three tests were completed with each acoustic camera:
1. Test 1 - a single 38.1 mm tungsten carbide sphere was moved throughout beam array of the acoustic camera with 1 degree horizontal resolution and 2 degree vertical resolution to characterize how the appearance of the target varied throughout the acoustic camera field of view
2. Test 2 - 38.1 mm spheres of different materials (aluminum, hollow polypropylene, and solid polypropylene) were tested to study the influence of target material on appearance in the acoustic camera image
3. Test 3 - two 38.1 mm tungsten carbide spheres were positioned with varying separation distance (6-22 cm) to study the ability to distinguish between two closely-spaced targets and estimate the separation distance between them.
Data was collected using the manufacturer-provided software for both acoustic cameras (ARIScope version 2.10.5.3840 for the ARIS and Genesis version 1.10.5.0 for the Gemini) and extracted for analysis in MATLAB using the manufacturer provided software development kits. This dataset includes the raw data recorded by the acoustic camera software and MATLAB .mat files containing the extracted pings for each target position. },
url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/698},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/698},
note = {Accessed: 2026-05-05}
}
Details
Data from Oct 20, 2025
Last updated Apr 20, 2026
Submitted Apr 3, 2026
Organization
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Contact
Emma Cotter
Authors
Keywords
MHK, Marine, Hydrokinetic, energy, acoustic camera, environmental monitoring, fish collision, raw data, MATLAB, Sound Metrics Corporation ARIS 3000, Tritech Gemini 1200ikd, risk monitoringDOE Project Details
Project Name Triton Animal Interactions with Marine Energy
Project Lead Samantha Eaves
Project Number FY26 AOP 2.3.2.611
