Australian Acoustic Observatory | A20 – Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) is a continental-scale acoustic sensor network, recording for a five-year period across multiple Australian ecosystems.

The Australian Acoustic Observatory

The Australian Acoustic Observatory is a continental-scale acoustic sensor network, recording for a five-year period across multiple Australian ecosystems. The data are freely available to researchers, citizen scientists, and the general public. The A2O was funded by the Australian Research Council, grant LE170100033.

90 sites, 7 ecoregions & over 40 participants

The world’s first national acoustic observatory

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The Australian Acoustic Observatory

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The world’s first national acoustic observatory

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