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Re: ArcticNWR Project tech calibration

Subject: Re: ArcticNWR Project tech calibration
From: Dan Dugan <>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 16:38:54 -0800
Bernie, you wrote,

>My lab is pretty acoustically stable so I'm not too worried about
>level readings too much. But I will take a look at the pink noise
>range and see how the calibration flies with a 2k top end.

I think the 200Hz high-pass is the more important part of the
bandwidth limitation.

>Anyway,
>these types of calibrations (similar to what we did with Rudy for the
>Nat. Park Service Sequoia study) are only accurate, at best, to
>within 2 - 3dB, so it ain't exact science.

That's about as close as you can get with acoustics.

-Dan Dugan


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