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In this work, data collected approximately 3 km off the coast of Big Sur, California, by a low frequency vector sensor system will be analyzed. Directional and temporal variations in the ambient noise field will be evaluated, and causes will be considered including flow noise due to currents, surface (wind) noise, distant shipping, and marine mammals. Bearing estimation results for shipping will be compared with AIS tracks recorded during the period of deployment. Local sound speed measurements and bathymetry in the vicinity of the deployment area will be used as inputs to a two-dimensional propagation model that properly invokes reciprocity of the acoustic vector field. Surface wave spectra collected by a nearby buoy will be used to generate rough surface realizations in order to evaluate the impact of these perturbations on low frequency vector field structure. These results will be combined with acoustic data observations in attempts to determine the impact of propagation on the structure of the field. Such an approach may allow us to infer acoustic source levels of AIS traffic off the coast.In this work, data collected approximately 3 km off the coast of Big Sur, California, by a low frequency vector sensor system will be analyzed. Directional and temporal variations in the ambient noise field will be evaluated, and causes will be considered including flow noise due to currents, surface (wind) noise, distant shipping, and marine mammals. Bearing estimation results for shipping will be compared with AIS tracks recorded during the period of deployment. Local sound speed measurements and bathymetry in the vicinity of the deployment area will be used as inputs to a two-dimensional propagation model that properly invokes reciprocity of the acoustic vector field. Surface wave spectra collected by a nearby buoy will be used to generate rough surface realizations in order to evaluate the impact of these perturbations on low frequency vector field structure. These results will be combined with acoustic data observations in attempts to determine the impact of propagation on the structure of the field....