Sightings for SSAM2-BOSS Sonar Test Event - June 2013
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.
Dataset credit
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program
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Contacts
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Citation
Latusek-Nabholz, J. 2014. Sightings for SSAM2-BOSS Sonar Test Event - June 2013. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1097) on yyyy-mm-dd. Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography. 22(2):104-115.
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Abstract
Aerial surveys for marine-species monitoring occurred during 22 through 28 June 2013 for a Small Synthetic Aperture Minehunter 2 (SSAM2) and Buried Object Scanning Sonar (BOSS) test event. These surveys were conducted off the west coast of Florida in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Study Area in the Gulf of Mexico. The SSAM2 is a bottom-mapping and mine-hunting sonar developed for use in shallow-water and nearshore environments. The BOSS is a sonar system that images buried objects.
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Purpose
U.S. Navy protected marine species survey during SSAM2 and BOSS testing
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Supplemental information
N/A
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References
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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 |
oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
sighting_no | Sighting No. |
obs_date | Date of observation |
sp_obs | Species name recorded |
sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
obs_count | Group size (best estimate) |
count_high | Group size (high) |
count_low | Group size (low) |
calves | Number of calves |
obs_time | Start time (local time zone) |
stop_time | Stop time (local time zone) |
bss | Baufort sea state |
latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
vert_angle | Vertical angle in degrees |
bearing | Bearing angle in degrees |
distance_org | Distance off track km (nmi) in original text |
distance_km | Numeric distance off track km parsed out from distance_org |
distance_nmi | Numeric distance off track (nmi) parsed out from distance_org |
heading | Heading in degrees |
bottom_depth_org | Bottom depth m (ft) in original text. Bottom depths were estimated by mapped figures. Precise estimation is not listed here. |
bottom_depth_m | Bottom depth (m) parsed out from bottom_depth_org |
bottom_depth_ft | Bottom depth (ft) parsed out from bottom_depth_org |
photos_video | Flag of photo or video was taken (Yes/No) |
focal_follow | Focal follow (Yes/No) |
behavior | Behavioral summary |
geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 1097 |
Seabirds | 0 |
Marine mammals | 31 |
Sea turtles | 145 |
Rays and sharks | 2 |
Other species | 0 |
Non spatial | 0 |
Non species | 0 |
Total | 178 |
Date, Begin | 2013-06-22 |
Date, End | 2013-06-28 |
Temporal prec. | 111111 |
Latitude | 29.78 - 30.17 |
Longitude | -86.00 - -85.51 |
Coord. prec. | 3 decimal digits |
Platform | Plane |
Data type | Animal sighting |
Effort | N/A |
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Traveled (km) | 0 |
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Contr. through | Navy |
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Registered | 2014-01-24 |
Updated | 2014-03-04 |
Status | Published |
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