Useful Videos, Guides and reference documents
Links to Guides,Videos and reference documents Description Updated
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ F-POD
YouTube - Chelonia videos YouTube resources
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ Long tutorials
F-POD software basics Video tutorial: F-POD software basics 2h 2023
Data Validation Video tutorial: F-POD data validaton - a key skill. 1.3h 2023
Data Export Video tutorial: F-POD data exporting 1.3h 2023
Understanding Click Trains Video tutorial: F-POD - In-depth look at click trains 1h 2023
Finding missed detections in POD data Video tutorial: Finding missed detections in POD data. 30mins 2025
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ Hardware
Warranty-September-2023 PDF: F-POD warranty 2023
F-POD Hardware User Guides Page: Hardware user guides on F-PODs, Acoustic release and more 2025
Essential guides to using F-POD Integrated Acoustic Release Video tutorials: F-POD Integrated Acoustic Release 2025
Deck crew skills PDF: Delegating POD handling to deck crews is a critical step - these are the minimum skills 2024
The Lithium battery pack PDF: The Lithium battery pack 2025
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ Technical description
F-POD Specification Page: F-POD specification 2025
How the F-POD works PPT: The acoustic design and the KERNO-F classifier 2024
F-POD technical description PDF: F-POD published technical description for reference 2023
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ F-POD DATA
Project Data Management PowerPoint: Project data management 2023
F-POD reading the SD card PDF: Gettings started: reading the SD card 2024
The scary F-POD app Video: A quick tour of this box of speedy tools 2024
First look at an F-POD file Video: First look at an F-POD file 2024
Running the KERNO-F classifier Video: The KERNO-F classifier creates the FP3 files. Also describes updating FP3 files 2024
Opening a data file Video: Opening F-POD and C-POD files
Graphing POD data Video: Graphs are fun - they give you a very fast analysis of whatever set of clicks are on show. 2024
The Array Viewer Video: The array viewer can animate the detections across any spatial array of PODs 2016
Good click trains Video: Features of trains from train sources. 2024
NBHF click trains Video: Features of clicks from porpoises. 2024
Dolphin click trains Video: Features of clicks from dolphins. 2024
Sonars Video: Features of clicks from sonars. 2024
Multipath clusters Video: Clicks are often logged as clusters of clicks ... the explanation is here 2024
Exporting detailed click data Video: The unfamiliar world of high-resolution time-domain data. You saw it here first! 2024
Validating F-POD data PDF: Validation of F-POD data - a key advanced skill 2024
File Cropping and Time selections Video: Cropping is an essential step in handling data files 2024
Marking social click trains Video: Click bursts are social communication and are a new world to explore! 2024
Exporting basic F-POD data Video: Every aspect of your data and its classification can be exported! 2024
Exporting cetacean and environmental data Video: Exporting Detections and Environment is a good starting point 2024
Spreadsheet for adding annotations Spreadsheet: This is needed to add sightings or other annotations to a data file 2021
Exporting fish tag detections Video: PODs log fish tags, but don't decode them 2022
Minute number errors Doc: Microsoft and 'R' differ on the interpretation of date.time values!! 2024
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ Project reports
The ECOMMAS cetacean study PDF: A brief analysis of a ground-breaking project on coastal cetacean trends 2023
SAMBAH report PDF: This is final report on this ground-breaking study of Baltic porpoises
2017
Trial of instruments for Vaquita monitoring PDF: A NOAA Technical Memorandum on this field trial comparing instruments and methods 2010
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ Special Tools
Read-only SD card problem How to remove read-only status from an SD card 2024
Third-party Tools PDF: You can now access an advanced feature set for your own research on classifiers 2020
PYRA Paper: Estimating cetacean population trends from static acoustic monitoring data using Paired Year Ratio Assessment (PYRA) 2021
Comparing Instruments PowerPoint: Comparing instruments has challenges that are often overlooked
2022
F-POD classifier independence PowerPoint: The species classifiers in KERNO-F are not independent. This addresses some of the issues 2024
Auto-correlation Video: Using the Autocorrelation function
Using Access PDF: Some notes on Microsoft Access queries on POD data 2018
| Links to Guides,Videos and reference documents | Description | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~ ~ F-POD | |
| YouTube - Chelonia videos | YouTube resources | |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~ ~ Long tutorials | |
| F-POD software basics | Video tutorial: F-POD software basics 2h | 2023 |
| Data Validation | Video tutorial: F-POD data validaton - a key skill. 1.3h | 2023 |
| Data Export | Video tutorial: F-POD data exporting 1.3h | 2023 |
| Understanding Click Trains | Video tutorial: F-POD - In-depth look at click trains 1h | 2023 |
| Finding missed detections in POD data | Video tutorial: Finding missed detections in POD data. 30mins | 2025 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~ ~ Hardware | |
| Warranty-September-2023 | PDF: F-POD warranty | 2023 |
| F-POD Hardware User Guides | Page: Hardware user guides on F-PODs, Acoustic release and more | 2025 |
| Essential guides to using F-POD Integrated Acoustic Release | Video tutorials: F-POD Integrated Acoustic Release | 2025 |
| Deck crew skills | PDF: Delegating POD handling to deck crews is a critical step - these are the minimum skills | 2024 |
| The Lithium battery pack | PDF: The Lithium battery pack | 2025 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~ ~ Technical description | |
| F-POD Specification | Page: F-POD specification | 2025 |
| How the F-POD works | PPT: The acoustic design and the KERNO-F classifier | 2024 |
| F-POD technical description | PDF: F-POD published technical description for reference | 2023 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~ ~ F-POD DATA | |
| Project Data Management | PowerPoint: Project data management | 2023 |
| F-POD reading the SD card | PDF: Gettings started: reading the SD card | 2024 |
| The scary F-POD app | Video: A quick tour of this box of speedy tools | 2024 |
| First look at an F-POD file | Video: First look at an F-POD file | 2024 |
| Running the KERNO-F classifier | Video: The KERNO-F classifier creates the FP3 files. Also describes updating FP3 files | 2024 |
| Opening a data file | Video: Opening F-POD and C-POD files | |
| Graphing POD data | Video: Graphs are fun - they give you a very fast analysis of whatever set of clicks are on show. | 2024 |
| The Array Viewer | Video: The array viewer can animate the detections across any spatial array of PODs | 2016 |
| Good click trains | Video: Features of trains from train sources. | 2024 |
| NBHF click trains | Video: Features of clicks from porpoises. | 2024 |
| Dolphin click trains | Video: Features of clicks from dolphins. | 2024 |
| Sonars | Video: Features of clicks from sonars. | 2024 |
| Multipath clusters | Video: Clicks are often logged as clusters of clicks ... the explanation is here | 2024 |
| Exporting detailed click data | Video: The unfamiliar world of high-resolution time-domain data. You saw it here first! | 2024 |
| Validating F-POD data | PDF: Validation of F-POD data - a key advanced skill | 2024 |
| File Cropping and Time selections | Video: Cropping is an essential step in handling data files | 2024 |
| Marking social click trains | Video: Click bursts are social communication and are a new world to explore! | 2024 |
| Exporting basic F-POD data | Video: Every aspect of your data and its classification can be exported! | 2024 |
| Exporting cetacean and environmental data | Video: Exporting Detections and Environment is a good starting point | 2024 |
| Spreadsheet for adding annotations | Spreadsheet: This is needed to add sightings or other annotations to a data file | 2021 |
| Exporting fish tag detections | Video: PODs log fish tags, but don't decode them | 2022 |
| Minute number errors | Doc: Microsoft and 'R' differ on the interpretation of date.time values!! | 2024 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~ ~ Project reports | |
| The ECOMMAS cetacean study | PDF: A brief analysis of a ground-breaking project on coastal cetacean trends | 2023 |
| SAMBAH report | PDF: This is final report on this ground-breaking study of Baltic porpoises | 2017 |
| Trial of instruments for Vaquita monitoring | PDF: A NOAA Technical Memorandum on this field trial comparing instruments and methods | 2010 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~ ~ Special Tools | |
| Read-only SD card problem | How to remove read-only status from an SD card | 2024 |
| Third-party Tools | PDF: You can now access an advanced feature set for your own research on classifiers | 2020 |
| PYRA | Paper: Estimating cetacean population trends from static acoustic monitoring data using Paired Year Ratio Assessment (PYRA) | 2021 |
| Comparing Instruments | PowerPoint: Comparing instruments has challenges that are often overlooked | 2022 |
| F-POD classifier independence | PowerPoint: The species classifiers in KERNO-F are not independent. This addresses some of the issues | 2024 |
| Auto-correlation | Video: Using the Autocorrelation function | |
| Using Access | PDF: Some notes on Microsoft Access queries on POD data | 2018 |
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