UK Marine Noise Registry: 2018 Underwater Noise Events in UK Waters

Maps and data tables from the UK Marine Noise Registry for the 2018 calendar year. The data show the distribution and duration of impulsive underwater noise events across UK marine waters, measured in pulse block days. It was published by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Use Cases

• Mapping the spatial distribution of underwater noise pollution based on the provided geospatial data.
• Analyzing the duration of noise events based on the pulse block day (PBD) metric.
• Identifying activity types contributing to marine noise based on the described associated data.
• Assessing temporal patterns of noise events for the 2018 calendar year.

Strengths

• Data covers the full 2018 calendar year for UK marine waters.
• Noise events are mapped using a standardized 10x12 minute grid (UK oil and gas licensing grid).
• Includes associated documentation and a data dictionary for interpretation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Registry data collection from reported activities.

Time Range

2018 calendar year

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:48:16.701909; freshness should be verified.

Geography

UK marine waters (UK Exclusive Economic Zone)