UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Dataset credit

William A. McLellan, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Contacts

Role	Name	Organization
Primary contact	William McLellan	University of North Carolina Wilmington
Data entry	Ei Fujioka	Duke University

Citation

McLellan, W. 2019. UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Left side - 2015. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/e89eeab5.

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.

Abstract

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Purpose

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Supplemental information

This dataset includes the animal observations toward the left side of the airplane. The right side observations are registered in UNCW Norfolk Canyon Aerial Survey - Right side - 2015 (Dataset ID: 1356)

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

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

Change History

The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.

- 1.0.0 (2016-03-11) - Initial

Initial release

References

Attributes

Overview

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

Attributes in dataset

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 observation
obs_time	Time of the observation (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
visibility	Visibility
bss	Baufort sea state
cloud	Cloud cover
glare_l	Glare left side
glare_r	Glare right side
vertical_angle	Vertical angle
horizontal_angle	Horizontal angle
sighting_cue	Sighting cue
sp_obs	Species code recorded
sp_tsn	ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
reliability	Reliability of the species identification
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

OBIS-SEAMAP ID	1354
DOI	10.82144/e89eeab5
Version	1.0.0
Seabirds	0
Marine mammals	41
Sea turtles	44
Rays and sharks	22
Other species	7
Non spatial	0
Non species	0
Total	114
Date, Begin	2015-03-19
Date, End	2015-12-07
Temporal prec.	111111
Latitude	36.20 - 37.32
Longitude	-75.13 - -74.33
Coord. prec.	6 decimal digits
Platform	Plane
Data type	Animal sighting
Effort	YES (ID: 1355)
Traveled (km)	5,389
Effort hours	47
Registered	2016-03-11
Updated	2019-07-29
Status	Published
Sharing policy	CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Sub group(s)	Navy
Shared with	GBIF OBIS
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