AMAPPS Southeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2014

NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credit

NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Laura Dias NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Secondary contact Lance Garrison NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

As part of the AMAPPS program, the Southeast Fisheries
Science Center conducts aerial surveys of continental
shelf waters along the US East Coast from Southeastern
Florida to Cape May, New Jersey. Aerial survey TOSE14SPR
was conducted during 2014 between 24 March and 28 April.
The survey was conducted along tracklines oriented
perpendicular to the shoreline that were latitudinally
spaced 20 km apart aboard a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft at
an altitude of 600 feet (183 m) and a speed of 110 knots.
The survey was designed for analysis using Distance
sampling and a two-team (independent observer) approach
to correct for visibility bias in resulting abundance
estimates. The survey covered waters from Cape May, NJ to
South Carolina including “fine-scale” tracklines in
waters offshore of New Jersey and Virginia. Due to
weather conditions during the survey, only effort from
South Carolina to Cape May, New Jersey was completed.

Purpose

The goal of the survey was to conduct line-transect surveys
using the Distance sampling approach to estimate the
abundance and spatial distribution of marine mammals and
turtles in waters over the continental shelf (shoreline to
200m isobaths) from Southeast, Florida to Cape May, New
Jersey.

Supplemental information

[2019-04-15] Data were updated for the correction in the
glare column.

Trip ID / Dataset ID of this dataset is TOSE14SPR.

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly
available.
Turtle and marine mammal data were submitted separately
but merged into one dataset.
The dataset is accompanied by transect (effort) data
which is provided as a separate file.
Data were further audited in 2018 since publication of
Annual Report in 2014.
Sightings included were detected on-effort by the forward
team only; you may request the full dataset and sightings
including opportunistic ones directly to the provider.

Environmental Attribute Codes
Beaufort Sea state
0 Calm, mirror like seas
1 Waves <1ft, rippled surface
2 Small wavelets (<2 ft), no white caps
3 Large wavelets (<3ft), scattered white caps
4 Swell 3-4 ft, numerous white caps
5 Swell >5 ft, many white caps, some spray
6 Swell >10 ft, white caps everywhere, spray
CloudCover
0 Clear
1 0-25% Cloudy
2 26-50% Cloudy
3 51-75% Cloudy
4 76-100% Cloudy
5 Overcast
Glare
0 No Glare
1 <10% of visual field
2 10-25% of visual field
3 25-50% of visual field
4 50-75% of visual field
5 >75% of visual field
Weather
0 Clear
1 Mist
2 Light Rain
3 Heavy Rain
Visibility
0 Clear
1 Good
2 Fair
3 Poor
Haze
0 No
1 Yes
Fog
0 No
1 Yes
Sun penetration (Sun pen)
0 Poor
1 Fair
2 Good
3 Excellent
Turbidity
0 Poor
1 Fair
2 Good
3 Excellent

References

Attributes

Overview

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 described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
speciescodeSpecies code by provider (blank for sea turtles)
sightidSight ID
comnameSpecies common name
sp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
individualcountIndividual count
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
perpendiculardistancePerpendicular distance to the animal
eventdateDate and time of the sighting at local time
transectTransect No.
beaufortBeaufort sea state
glareGlare cover code
cloudcoverCloud cover code
weatherWeather code
hazeHaze presence
fogFog presence
sunpenSun penetration code
turbidityTurbidity code
visibilityVisibility code
effortidEffort ID
tripidTrip ID
platformvltsAlways A (Airplane)
oneffortFlag (Y/N) to indicate on effort.
observationheightAltitude of aircraft in feet above sea level in feet
platformspeedSpeed of the platform in knots
sighttypeSighting type ("F")
datasetidDataset ID by provider
datasetnameDataset name by provider
eventdatetimezoneThe time zone of the observation event (UTC)
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID1850
Seabirds0
Marine mammals128
Sea turtles374
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total502
Date, Begin2014-03-24
Date, End2014-04-28
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude32.33 - 39.81
Longitude-79.78 - -72.05
Coord. prec.5 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 1851)
Traveled (km)7,721
Effort hours40
Contr. through
Registered2018-06-27
Updated2019-04-15
StatusPublished
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