Cornelius Poepel
Nils Peters
ABSTRACT
Since 2017, monthly 3D audio recordings of a nature preserve capture the acoustic environment over seasons and years. The recordings are made at the same location and using the same recording equipment, capturing one hour before and after sunset. The recordings, annotated with real-time weather data and manually labeled for acoustic events, are made to understand if and how a natural soundscape evolves over time allowing for data-driven speculation about transformations of the soundscape that might be caused by climate change. After a short description of the general project and its current state, methods and results of algorithmic analysis used are presented and the results are discussed. Further methods of collecting additional data and expanded analyses of the body of data are suggested.
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