CTBTO 2026Evidence & methods

Higher / lower pairs

P1

Dominant passenger

The frozen comparison-screening contrast and the measured contrasts are positive at both frequencies. The direction test is not informative.

Measured contrast · positive at both frequenciesDirection · indeterminate

Where the two AIS fixes sit

114.05°E114.30°E114.55°E114.79°E115.04°E34.97°S34.81°S34.65°S34.49°S34.33°SH01WHigherLower20 km

The two public AMSA positions are screening evidence, not named-ship identities. H01W marks the hydrophone array centroid.

Frozen screen and measured changes

-416111621Frozen RAM screen8.74.6Triplet energy2.45.5H01W11.55.0H01W23.54.7H01W32.16.863 Hz80 HzHigher − lower difference (dB)

Bars show higher minus lower. A bar left of zero is a reversal. The first row reproduces the frozen cohort's RAM-labelled screening estimate; it is not an accepted RAM one-to-one result. The other rows are measured.

Vessel inputs & frozen estimates
Higher exposure

Passenger Vessel

UTC
2026-02-15 00:04:58 UTC
Ship
285 m · 18.7 kn
Frozen band source level
186.1 / 187.0 dB re 1 µPa m (63 / 80 Hz)
Frozen RAM-labelled TL
92.3 / 98.1 dB (63 / 80 Hz)
Frozen band RL
93.8 / 88.9 dB re 1 µPa (63 / 80 Hz)
Comparison scope
This frozen comparison does not use the later one-to-one RAM results.
Separate fast TL band screen
TL 87.8 dB · RL 98.4 / 99.3 dB re 1 µPa (63 / 80 Hz)
Pair record
ha01-au-v1-0617b40b67b69460201b9d1b
Full AIS record
ha01-full-au-v1-b3a905349278b27e8f89fb8a
Matched lower exposure

Passenger Vessel

UTC
2026-02-15 01:04:58 UTC
Ship
285 m · 18.8 kn
Frozen band source level
186.3 / 187.2 dB re 1 µPa m (63 / 80 Hz)
Frozen RAM-labelled TL
101.2 / 102.9 dB (63 / 80 Hz)
Frozen band RL
85.1 / 84.3 dB re 1 µPa (63 / 80 Hz)
Comparison scope
This frozen comparison does not use the later one-to-one RAM results.
Separate fast TL band screen
TL 88.2 dB · RL 98.1 / 99.0 dB re 1 µPa (63 / 80 Hz)
Pair record
ha01-au-v1-86921f363edd4ff7287e3381
Full AIS record
ha01-full-au-v1-867a156da6a149dc0339d301
Context & definitions

Comparison

Every higher/lower pair

4 pairs3 have positive measured contrasts at both frequencies0 pass the direction check