Nekton Interaction Monitoring System

Software · Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1346956

The software provides a real-time processing system for sonar to detect and track animals, and to extract water column biomass statistics in order to facilitate continuous monitoring of an underwater environment. The Nekton Interaction Monitoring System (NIMS) extracts and archives tracking and backscatter statistics data from a real-time stream of data from a sonar device. NIMS also sends real-time tracking messages over the network that can be used by other systems to generate other metrics or to trigger instruments such as an optical video camera. A web-based user interface provides remote monitoring and control. NIMS currently supports three popular sonar devices: M3 multi-beam sonar (Kongsberg), EK60 split-beam echo-sounder (Simrad) and BlueView acoustic camera (Teledyne).

• Short Name / Acronym: NIMS; 005186WKSTN00
• Project Type: Available on PNNL GitHub page and via at store.pnnl.gov
• Site Accession Number: Battelle IPID 31018-E
• Version: 00
• Programming Language(s): Medium: X; OS: Linux Mint 17
• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Contributing Organization: Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division (PNNL) University of Washington
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1346956
• Country of Origin: United States