MIRC Valiant Shield Aerial Survey Aug 2007

HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.

Dataset credit

The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Kristen Ampela HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.
Secondary contact Cathy Bacon HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

Features in this feature class represent sightings during large ship, small boat, aerial, shore-based between 2007 and 2013

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

N/A

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)
objectidInternal ID
objectid_1Internal ID
altitudemAltitude in meters
bearingBearing (blank)
beaufortscaleBeaufort sea scale
beheventinitfld(blank)
calvespercent(blank)
contractContract name
countcalvesThe number of calves
counttotbestThe best estimate of the group size
counttotmax(blank)
counttotmin(blank)
declangleDeclination angle
effortobs(blank)
groupid(blank)
headinganimal(blank)
headingplatmagnetic(blank)
headingplattrue(blank)
latanimalLatitude of the animals in degrees
latplatformLatitude of the platform in degrees (blank)
legnumberLeg number
legtypeLeg type
longanimalLongitude of the animals in degrees
longplatformLongitude of the platform in degrees (blank)
observerObserver ID
observerleft(blank)
observerright(blank)
oceanOcean (always Pacific)
percentcloudcoverCloud cover in percentage
platformded(blank)
platformtypePlatform type (always Aerial)
rangecomplexRange complex (always MIRC)
reactioninitInitial reaction
reactioninitcount(blank)
reticle(blank)
sightability(blank)
sightingdateDate of the sighting
sightingnotesNotes of the sighting
sightingnumber(blank)
sightingtimeTime of the sighting at local time zone
spcshauledout(blank)
spcsnmcomSpecies common name
spcsnmsciSpecies scientific name
sp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
spcspossresight(blank)
surveycat(blank)
surveydates(blank)
surveyidSurvey ID
surveylinkdefinition not provided
surveytype(blank)
swell(blank)
aspect(blank)
beaufortclass(blank)
beheventinit(blank)
beheventnumber(blank)
binoculars(blank)
birds(blank)
countfemales(blank)
countjuveniles(blank)
countmales(blank)
countnewborns(blank)
countvescargo(blank)
countvesferries(blank)
countvesfishing(blank)
countvesmilitary(blank)
countvesmotoryachts(blank)
countvessailing(blank)
cue(blank)
depthBotom depth in meters
dispcohesion(blank)
dispmax(blank)
dispmin(blank)
distlateral(blank)
distsight(blank)
efforttransect(blank)
flightofday(blank)
glare(blank)
glareleftGlare at left side
glaremaxangle(blank)
glareminangle(blank)
glarerightGlare at right side
latplatformend(blank)
longplatformend(blank)
observeraft(blank)
observerforward(blank)
pctime(blank)
photoframes(blank)
photos(blank)
platformspeed(blank)
reactionlater(blank)
reactionlatercount(blank)
recorder(blank)
sightingmulti(blank)
sightingmultispcs(blank)
sightingmultispcscount(blank)
sightingmultispcsprcnt(blank)
sightingtimeend(blank)
spcsbw(blank)
spcscertaintyfinal(blank)
spcscertaintyinit(blank)
spcscode(blank)
spcsconfidence(blank)
spcsnmsciinitSpecies code
subgroupsGroup code
surveyarea(blank)
surveyidreport(blank)
surveynumber(blank)
surveysegmentid(blank)
surveytypeid(blank)
video(blank)
visibility(blank)
visibilityleftVisibility code of the left side
visibilityrightVisibility code of the right side
waterseason(blank)
weather(blank)
winddirection(blank)
windspeed(blank)
flagged(blank)
near_fiddefinition not provided
near_distdefinition not provided
bathy_resdefinition not provided
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID1538
Seabirds0
Marine mammals7
Sea turtles1
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total8
Date, Begin2007-08-14
Date, End2007-08-17
Temporal prec.111110
Latitude11.45 - 14.02
Longitude144.51 - 146.37
Coord. prec.4 decimal digits
PlatformPlane
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortYES (ID: 1539)
Traveled (km)2,188
Effort hours98
Contr. throughNavy
Registered2017-08-08
Updated2017-08-22
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Shared with OBIS
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