Underwater Acoustics

Romberg Tiburon Center
and
Department of Physics and Astronomy

(415) 338-2433

bland@stars.sfsu.edu

www.physics.sfsu.edu/~bland/

Research Interests

I am interested in applications of acoustic techniques to measurements and observations in the ocean, the Bay, the Estuary, and California rivers.  I have analyzed acoustic data from Pioneer Seamount for properties of Blue-Whale calls, detected production of solitary waves by ferry boats in San Francisco Bay, and studied the net discharge of fresh water from the Central Valley into San Francisco Bay.  Currently I am recording underwater sounds from the new RTC monitoring pier.

 
Selected Papers

Bland, Roger, and Newell Garfield, "One Year on Pioneer Seamount," in Ecosystem Observations for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 2002, a publication of the NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 299 Foam Street, Monterey, Calif., 93940.

Hoffman*, Michael D., Newell Garfield, and Roger Bland, "Observation of Blue Whale Calls from Pioneer Seamount," paper presented at the First International Conference on Acoustic Communication by Animals, July 27-30, 2003, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Vuosalo*, Carl O., Craig Huber *,  Michael D. Hoffman*, Newell Garfield, and Roger Bland, "Analysis of Acoustic Signals from Ship Traffic at Pioneer Seamount," Poster presented at the San Francisco meeting of the American Geophysical Union, December 8, 2002.

Neuman*, D.G., E. Tapio *, D. Haggard*, K.E. Laws* , and R.W. Bland, "Observation of Long Waves Generated by Ferries," Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 27, 361 (2001).

Simpson,  M.R., and R. Bland, "Methods for Accurate Estimation of Net Discharge in Tidal Channel," IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 25, 437 (2000).

Amram, P., et al. (ANTARES collaboration, including R.W. Bland), "Background Light in Potential Sites for the ANTARES Underwater Neutrino Telescope", Astroparticle Physics 13, 127-136 (2000).

Bland, Roger W., and Daniel G. Neumann*, "Results from Cross-Correlation Measurement of Estuarine Current Velocity," Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics and the 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, Washington, 20-26 June 1998, V. II, p. 1435 (http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~bland/research/asa98/asa98.html).