VACAPES ASWEX Aerial Monitoring 2011
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.

The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program

Aerial marine-species monitoring occurred on 31 August and 10 September 2011 for an Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise (ASWEX) training event off the coast of Virginia in the United States (U.S.) Navy’s Virginia Capes (VACAPES) Range Complex.

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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
event	Event
sighting_no	Sighting No.
obs_date	Observation date
sp_obs	Species name recorded
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_count	Group size - best
count_high	Group size - high
count_low	Group size - low
calves	Number of calves
obs_time	Start time
stop_time	Stop time
beaufort	Beaufort Sea State
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
vert_angle	Vertical angle
distance	Distance off Track (km)
heading	Heading
bottom_depth	Bottom Depth (m)
behavior	Behavioral Summary
navy_ship	Navy Ship Present (Yes/No)
exercise	Pre/During/Post Exercise
bearing_angle	Bearing Angle