23306 Visual Sighting Surveys Data Set Published / External 23294 Survey Data Project Completed The PSB conducts regular aerial and shipboard surveys and records sightings of marine mammals, turtles and seabirds. Theme line transect NEFSC Woods Hole Lab Woods Hole MA USA Data Set Oracle Database As Needed Table (digital) na shipboard or aerial na 51813 Sightings Data Published / External Sightings Data from Visual Sightings Surveys Data File Sightings Data from Visual Sightings Surveys tripid varchar No No Active Trip ID platformvlts varchar No No Active Always B (Shipboard) oneffort varchar No No Active Flag (Y/N) to indicate on effort. speciescode varchar No No Active Species code by provider comname varchar No No Active Common name kingdom varchar No No Active Kingdom phylum varchar No No Active Phylum class varchar No No Active Class order_sci varchar No No Active Order family varchar No No Active Family scientificname varchar No No Active Scientific name references_ varchar No No Active References observationheight number No No Active Altitude of aircraft in feet above sea level platformspeed number No No Active Speed of the platform at the time of the sighting in knots higherinstitutioncode varchar No No Active Higher institution code "DOC:NOAA:NEFSC" institutioncode varchar No No Active Institution code "NEFSC" ownerinstitutioncode varchar No No Active Institution who owns the data "NEFSC" basisofrecord varchar No No Active Basis of record "HumanObservation" recordtype varchar No No Active Record type "VLTS" (visual line transect survey) sightid number No No Active Sight ID individualcount number No No Active Individual count latitude number No No Active Latitude in decimal degrees typevlts varchar No No Active Always "F" longitude number No No Active Longitude in decimal degrees datasetid varchar No No Active Dataset ID datasetname varchar No No Active Dataset name eventdate datetime No No Active Date and time of the sigthing at local time eventdatetimezone number No No Active The time zone of the observation event time datetime No No Active Date and time of the sighting in UTC effortid number No No Active Effort ID cue varchar No No Active The sighting cue that initially drew the observers attention behavior varchar No No Active Behavior 51814 Effort Data Published / External Effort Data from Visual Sightings Surveys Data File Effort Data from Visual Sightings Data EFFORTID number No No Active unique identifier BEAUFORT number No No Active seastate TRANSECT varchar No No Active portion of survey EVENTDATEBEG datetime No No Active time and date of track segment beginning EVENTDATEEND datetime No No Active time and date of track segment end LATBEG number No No Active decimal latitude of track segment beginning LONGBEG number No No Active decimal longitude of track segment beginning LATEND number No No Active decimal latitude of track segment end LONGEND number No No Active decimal longitude of track segment end EVENTDATETIMEZONE number No No Active UTC offsetUTC offset 52788 Published / External Completed Spreadsheet No Input data for GAM models. 1 EID numeric No No Inactive unique record number 2 TRIPID varchar No No Active survey identifier 3 year numeric No No Active Year of sighting 4 grid_area_Km2 numeric No No Active area of the grid cell in square kilometers 5 8-day period numeric No No Inactive sequential number of 8-day period of the year 6 region varchar No No Inactive NEA=Northeast Aerial Survey , SEA= Southeast Aerial Survey, NES= Northeast Shipboard Survey, SES=Southeast Shipboard Survey 7 abdensity numeric No No Inactive density estimates corrected for availability bias 8 spcode varchar No No Inactive 4-letter code for species 9 sp varchar No No Inactive species common name 10 seasonnum numeric No No Inactive 1=spring, 2=summer, 3=fall, 4=winter 11 season varchar No No Inactive Spring (March-May) Summer (June-August) Fall (September-November) Winter (December- February) 12 btemp numeric No No Inactive bottom temperature (degrees C) 13 sst numeric No No Inactive sea surface temperature (degrees C) 14 chl numeric No No Inactive chlorophyll-a from satellite photography mg m-3 15 pic numeric No No Inactive particulate inorganic carbon mol m-3 16 poc numeric No No Inactive particulate organic carbon 17 pp numeric No No Inactive Primary Productivity mgC m-2 yr-1 18 mld numeric No No Active mixed layer depth m 19 salinity numeric No No Inactive salinity (psu) 20 sla numeric No No Active sea level anomaly 21 depth numeric No No Active bottom depth (m) 22 dist2shore numeric No No Inactive distance from grid center to closest land 23 slope numeric No No Inactive change in bottom depth 24 dist200 numeric No No Inactive distance (m) from grid center to the 200m isobath 25 dist 125 numeric No No Inactive distance (m) from grid center to 125m isobath 26 dist1000 numeric No No Inactive distance (m) from grid center to 2000m isobath 27 lat numeric No No Inactive latitude of grid center degrees 28 lon numeric No No Inactive longitude of grid center degrees Data Steward 2014 Person Josephson, Elizabeth elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA 508-495-2362 email Distributor 2014 Person Josephson, Elizabeth elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA 508-495-2362 email Metadata Contact 2014 Person Josephson, Elizabeth elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA 508-495-2362 email Point of Contact 2014 Person Josephson, Elizabeth elizabeth.josephson@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA 508-495-2362 email Ground Condition -82 -58 46 25 Continuing 1990 Unclassified email point of contact Data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access. https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/READ/PSB/23306 Sightings Data: HB1103sightOBISVLTS.xlsx - AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2011(Distribution 10) HB1303SIGHTOBISVLTS.xlsx - AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2013 (Distribution 11) HB1603sightOBISVLTS.xlsx - AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2016 (Distribution 15) Effort Data: HB1103effortOBISVLTS.xlsx - AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2011(Distribution 10) HB1303effortOBISVLTS.xlsx - AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2013 (Distribution 11) HB1603EFFORTOBISVLTS.xlsx - AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2016 (Distribution 15) Input data for GAM models: Chavez-Rosales et al input data GAM.csv Data for GAM modeling: spring 2010-13 AMAPPS.csv spring 2014-7 AMAPPS. csv summer 2010-13 AMAPPS.csv summer 2014-17 AMAPPS.csv fall 2010-13 AMAPPS.csv fall 2014-17 AMAPPS.csv winter 2010-13 AMAPPS.csv winter 2014-17 AMAPPS.csv http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/107 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Aerial Survey - Experimental 2002 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/109 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Aerial Survey - Summer 1995 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/111 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Survey 1991 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/113 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Aerial Survey - Summer 1998 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1233 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Summer 2011 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1243 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Winter 2011 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1245 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Fall 2012 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1247 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2012 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1249 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Summer 2010 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1269 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2011 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1271 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2013 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1377 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Spring 2014 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1379 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2014 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1381 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Winter 2014 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1676 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Aerial Cruise Summer 2016 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1678 OBIS Seamap AMAPPS Northeast Shipboard Cruise Summer 2016 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/288 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Harbor Porpoise 1991 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/290 OBIS Seamap NEFSC 1995 AJ9501 (Part II) http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/292 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Deepwater Marine Mammal 2002 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/294 OBIS Seamap NEFSC 1995 pe9502 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/296 OBIS Seamap NEFSC 1995 pe9501 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/300 OBIS Seamap NEFSC 1999 aj9902 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/302 OBIS Seamap Harbor Porpoise Survey 1992 (AJ92-01) http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/396 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Abundance Survey http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/398 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/56 OBIS Seamap NEFSC 1995 AJ9501 (Part I) http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/58 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Survey 1997 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/60 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Survey 1998 1 http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/62 OBIS Seamap NEFSC Survey 1998 2 Data are edited both by observers in the field and by editors during post-processing. Sightings and effort positions are mapped for visual inspection. Yes Unknown Yes No several months QA/QC To Be Determined several months Data are stored on NEFSC servers witch are routinely backed up, with offsite storage of backups. Raw data stored in unaltered as well as edited forms. Data are collected during aerial or shipboard surveys and, after editing and quality control checks, entered to Oracle database. 51814 Entity 52788 Entity 51813 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:23306 Elizabeth Josephson 2015-02-23T15:53:49 Elizabeth Josephson 2023-06-01T20:16:29 2016-04-21 Northeast Fisheries Science Center NEFSC 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA (508)495-2000 https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday 1001 Public No No 2016-04-21 1 Year 2017-04-21