HARP North Atlantic beaked whales: Echolocation click collection for machine learning

This dataset package is publicly available to advance the detection of beaked whale populations through passive acoustic monitoring. This extensive dataset from the western North Atlantic has been instrumental in developing a deep neural network (DNN) to improve the detection of ephemeral events. 
The volume of data generated by passive acoustic monitoring can be overwhelming, complicating efforts to quantify species occurrence for effective conservation and management. Automation of data processing using machine learning algorithms enables efficient species identification using their sounds. Beaked whale acoustic events, often infrequent and ephemeral, can be missed when co-occurring with signals of more abundant, and acoustically active species that dominate acoustic recordings. Large-scale classification efforts using DNN, which included beaked whales as one of many classes along with other odontocete species and anthropogenic signals, often missed the ephemeral events in favor of mo..., , , # HARP North Atlantic Beaked Whales

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.gf1vhhmw0](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.gf1vhhmw0)

## Usage notes

The data package consists of the following 11 zip files, each named after the abbreviation of its signal class, with corresponding signal data:

1. BWG.zip - Signal class: Unknown species named as Beaked Whale Gulf
2. Mb.zip - Signal class: *Mesoplodon bidens*
3. Md.zip - Signal class: *Mesoplodon densirostris*
4. Me.zip - Signal class: *Mesoplodon europaeus*
5. Mm.zip - Signal class: *Mesoplodon mirus*
6. Zc.zip - Signal class: *Ziphius cavirostris*
7. Despp.zip - Signal class: Unspecified species from the family* Delphinidae*
8. Gg.zip - Signal class: *Grampus griseus*
9. Kospp.zip - Signal class: Unspecified species from the genus *Kogia*
10. PmBoat.zip - Signal class: Impulsive signals with frequency below 20 kHz, likely corresponding to vessels and *Physeter macrocephalus*
11. ESping.zip - Signal class: Miscellaneous echosounder pings

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