AFAST Hatteras Aerial Survey -Right side- 2011-2012
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

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[2014-03-18] Sperm whale sightings were assigned an invalid scientific name (P. catodon). It is corrected to P. macrocephalus.

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 sightings data. The right side sightings data are available on OBIS-SEAMAP in the USWTR Hatteras Aerial Survey -Left side- 2011-2012 dataset.

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	Row ID assigned by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_date	Observation date
obs_time	observation time
waypoint	Waypoint
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
bss	BSS
cloud	Cloud cover code. Code descriptions available upon request.
glare_l	Glare Left
glare_r	Glare Right
sighting_cue	Sighting cue
sp_tsn	ITIS taxonomic serial number.
reliability	Reliability
min_count	Minimum number of animals
max_count	Maximum number of animals
comments	Comments
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
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