AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Winter 2014

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Dataset credit

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Beth Josephson NOAA Fisheries
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

N/A

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

Perpendicular distance to the animal is not publicly available. Please contact the data provider to obtain this attribute.

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)
tripidTrip ID
platformvltsAlways A (Airplane)
oneffortFlag (Y/N) to indicate on effort.
speciescodeSpecies code
comnameCommon name
kingdomKingdom
phylumPhylum
classClass
order_sciOrder
familyFamily
scientificnameScientific name
references_References
observationheightAltitude of aircraft in feet above sea level
platformspeedSpeed of the platform at the time of the sighting in knots
higherinstitutioncodeHigher institution code "DOC:NOAA:NEFSC"
institutioncodeInstitution code "NEFSC"
ownerinstitutioncodeInstituion who owns the data "NEFSC"
basisofrecordBasis of record "HumanObservation"
recordtypeRecord type "VLTS" (visual line transect survey)
sightidSight ID
individualcountIndividual count
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
sighttypeSighting type ("O")
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
perpendiculardistancePerpendicular distance to the animal
datasetidDataset ID
datasetnameDataset name
eventdateDate and time of the sigthing at local time
eventdatetimezoneThe time zone of the observation event
timeDate and time of the sighting in UTC
effortidEffort ID
cueThe sighting cue that initially drew the observers attention
behaviorBehavior
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID1381
Seabirds0
Marine mammals40
Sea turtles1
Rays and sharks2
Other species1
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total44
Date, Begin2014-12-05
Date, End2015-01-14
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude39.46 - 44.17
Longitude-73.45 - -66.56
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 1382)
Traveled (km)5,596
Effort hours29
Contr. through
Registered2016-05-31
Updated2016-06-07
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC0 no rights reserved
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