UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2016
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

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The original survey data are separated into two datasets, from left-side and right-side observers upon provider's request. This dataset is from the left side sighting data. The right side sighting data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2017 dataset.

This dataset includes a subset of the data collection for the PAX Aerial surveys.
Other data of the collection are available in the following datasets:
UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2017
UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2017
UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2016
UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015
UNCW PAX Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015

All the US Navy-funded survey datasets are found in the OBIS-SEAMAP US Navy page.

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downlodable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission unless otherwise noted below.

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes in dataset provided

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
row_id	Sequential number added to the original data sheet by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_date	Date of the sighting
obs_time	Time of the sighting (local time zone)
waypoint	Way point
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
event	Event. 1.1 = On effort/on track; 1.2 = Off effort. Full codes are available upon request.
heading	Heading
trackline	Track number
observer_side	Observer side (L or R)
visibility	Visibility code
bss	sea state
cloud	Cloud cover code
glare_l	Glare Left code
glare_r	Glare Right code
vertical_angle	Vertical angle
horizontal_angle	Horizontal angle
sighting_cue	Sighting cue code
sp_obs	Species name recorded
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
reliability	Reliability code
min_count	Minimum number of animals
max_count	Maximum number of animals
obs_count	Best estimate of number of animals
comments	Comments
datetime_ini	Initial date/time if this record is a follow-up of the already sighted animals
latitude_ini	Initial latitude if this record is a follow-up of the already sighted animals
longitude_ini	Initial longitude if this record is a follow-up of the already sighted animals
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP