BSIERP_B66_2008_2010_Data_20150520
Entity (ENT) | Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25129 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | BSIERP_B66_2008_2010_Data_20150520 |
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Short Name: | BSIERP_B66_2008_2010_Data_20150520 |
Status: | Completed |
Abstract: |
Excel worksheet that contains survey effort and sighting data |
Notes: |
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Entity Information
Entity Type: | Spreadsheet |
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Description: |
Excel worksheet that contains survey effort and sighting data |
Data Attributes
Attribute Summary
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Name | Type | Description |
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100
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Data Line | Unknown | Line number of data | |
100
|
Block Number | NUMBER | A number to distinguish survey area transects from transit transects | |
100
|
Block Area | Unknown | Area of blocks calculated in Arcmap | |
100
|
LegNumber | Unknown | Value assigned to a segment of the trackline | |
100
|
Leg Length | NUMBER | Realized effort for each transect of the trackline | |
100
|
On/off | VARCHAR2 | A label defining whether the transect leg occurred during on or off effort | |
100
|
Event | VARCHAR2 | A label identifying the type of event that the line of data represents, such as beginning of effort, sightings, environmental change, etc. | |
100
|
Time | NUMBER | Time of day that even occurred in Alaska Standard Time | |
100
|
Date | NUMBER | The date of data collection | |
100
|
Latitude | NUMBER | Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz | |
100
|
Longitude | NUMBER | Longitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by survey program Wincruz | |
100
|
D Latitude | NUMBER | Latitude converted to decimal degrees | |
100
|
D Longitude | NUMBER | Longitude converted to decimal degrees | |
100
|
Distance traveled | NUMBER | The distance calculated from the previous data entry during on effort survey. No calculations made when off effort. | |
100
|
Beaufort | NUMBER | The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch | |
100
|
Swell Height | NUMBER | The height of the swell, estimated by observers with reference to the ship personnel | |
100
|
Swell Direction | NUMBER | The direction of the swell estimated by the observers using the compass repeater (true bearing as opposed to magnetic) | |
100
|
Temperature | Unknown | No data | |
100
|
Wind Speed | NUMBER | The speed of the wind estimated by the observers with reference to the ship personnel | |
100
|
Course | NUMBER | The direction of the ships heading obtained from the GPS | |
100
|
Speed | NUMBER | The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS | |
100
|
Weather | VARCHAR2 | A value determined by the observers to indicate whether there was rain, fog, rain and fog, or no rain or fog | |
100
|
Horiz sun | NUMBER | An estimate of the horizontal angle of the sun from 1 - 12, like hours on a clock relative to the ship with 12 dead ahead on the bow | |
100
|
Vert sun | NUMBER | An estimate of the vertical angle of the sun, with the suns position seen as the hours on a clock from 12 to 3 where 12 is straight overhead and 3 is on the horizon. | |
100
|
Wind dir | NUMBER | An esimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north made by observers with reference to the compass repeater (true direction as opposed to magnetic). | |
100
|
Visibility | NUMBER | An assessment of how far observers can see from the ship taking haze and fog into account. | |
100
|
Sighting number | Unknown | A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz. | |
100
|
Observer | VARCHAR | The code number of the observer who made a sighting. | |
100
|
Cue | VARCHAR2 | The cue an observer used to make a sighting, such as blow, body or splash | |
100
|
Method | VARCHAR2 | Sighting method used at time of sighting, such as 25x or 7x binoculars or naked eye. | |
100
|
Angle | NUMBER | The angle to the sighting relative to the bow of the ship (0 deg). | |
100
|
Reticle | NUMBER | The number of reticles on the binocular lens; measured from the horizon to the position of the sighting. | |
100
|
Radial distance | NUMBER | The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings. | |
100
|
MM course | NUMBER | The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (straight ahead is 0). | |
100
|
MM speed | NUMBER | The estimated travel speed of the animal. | |
100
|
Species code | VARCHAR | The species code | |
100
|
Species | Unknown | The genus and species name of the sighting | |
100
|
Best SS | NUMBER | The best estimation of the group size. | |
100
|
High SS | NUMBER | The highest possible count of group size. | |
100
|
Low SS | NUMBER | The lowest possible count of the group size. |
Attribute Details
Data Line
Data Storage Type: | Unknown |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Line number of data |
Allowed Values: | Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
Block Number
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
A number to distinguish survey area transects from transit transects |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 1 |
Block Area
Data Storage Type: | Unknown |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Area of blocks calculated in Arcmap |
Allowed Values: | Number: Area calculated for each block |
LegNumber
Data Storage Type: | Unknown |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Value assigned to a segment of the trackline |
Allowed Values: | Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
Leg Length
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Realized effort for each transect of the trackline |
Unit of Measure: | nm |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 510.5 |
On/off
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
A label defining whether the transect leg occurred during on or off effort |
Allowed Values: | On, Off |
Event
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
A label identifying the type of event that the line of data represents, such as beginning of effort, sightings, environmental change, etc. |
Allowed Values: | B, R, E, P, V, N, W, C, S, s, t, * |
Time
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Time of day that even occurred in Alaska Standard Time |
Unit of Measure: | second |
Allowed Values: | 00:00:00 - 23:59:59 |
Date
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The date of data collection |
Unit of Measure: | day |
Allowed Values: | 20080603 - 20100805 |
Latitude
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz |
Unit of Measure: | Deg decimal min: N54:24.17 |
Allowed Values: | N53:55.77 - N62:23.43 |
Longitude
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Longitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by survey program Wincruz |
Unit of Measure: | Deg decimal min: W166:31.20 |
Allowed Values: | W153:12.16 - W179:59.96 |
D Latitude
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Latitude converted to decimal degrees |
Unit of Measure: | Decimal degrees |
Allowed Values: | 53.9295 - 62.3905 |
D Longitude
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Longitude converted to decimal degrees |
Unit of Measure: | Decimal degrees |
Allowed Values: | -179.9993 - 179.9998 |
Distance traveled
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The distance calculated from the previous data entry during on effort survey. No calculations made when off effort. |
Unit of Measure: | nm |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 20.513 |
Beaufort
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch |
Unit of Measure: | Beaufort scale |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 6 |
Swell Height
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The height of the swell, estimated by observers with reference to the ship personnel |
Unit of Measure: | feet |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 8 |
Swell Direction
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The direction of the swell estimated by the observers using the compass repeater (true bearing as opposed to magnetic) |
Unit of Measure: | degree relative to true N |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 359 |
Temperature
Data Storage Type: | Unknown |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
No data |
Wind Speed
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The speed of the wind estimated by the observers with reference to the ship personnel |
Unit of Measure: | knots |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 40 |
Course
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The direction of the ships heading obtained from the GPS |
Unit of Measure: | degree relative to true N |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 359 |
Speed
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS |
Unit of Measure: | knots |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 15 |
Weather
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
A value determined by the observers to indicate whether there was rain, fog, rain and fog, or no rain or fog |
Allowed Values: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Horiz sun
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
---|---|
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
An estimate of the horizontal angle of the sun from 1 - 12, like hours on a clock relative to the ship with 12 dead ahead on the bow |
Unit of Measure: | clock hrs rel. to ships bow |
Allowed Values: | 1 - 12 |
Vert sun
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
An estimate of the vertical angle of the sun, with the suns position seen as the hours on a clock from 12 to 3 where 12 is straight overhead and 3 is on the horizon. |
Unit of Measure: | integer |
Allowed Values: | 1 - 12 |
Wind dir
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
An esimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north made by observers with reference to the compass repeater (true direction as opposed to magnetic). |
Unit of Measure: | degree relative to true N |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 359 |
Visibility
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
---|---|
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
An assessment of how far observers can see from the ship taking haze and fog into account. |
Unit of Measure: | mile |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 8.0 |
Sighting number
Data Storage Type: | Unknown |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz. |
Allowed Values: | Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
Observer
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The code number of the observer who made a sighting. |
Allowed Values: | Codeset: Observer numbers |
Cue
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The cue an observer used to make a sighting, such as blow, body or splash |
Allowed Values: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Method
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Sighting method used at time of sighting, such as 25x or 7x binoculars or naked eye. |
Allowed Values: | 2, 4, 1 |
Angle
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The angle to the sighting relative to the bow of the ship (0 deg). |
Unit of Measure: | deg of stg rel. to ships bow |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 359 |
Reticle
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The number of reticles on the binocular lens; measured from the horizon to the position of the sighting. |
Unit of Measure: | reticles |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 20 |
Radial distance
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings. |
Unit of Measure: | nm |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 7.59 |
MM course
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (straight ahead is 0). |
Unit of Measure: | degree relative to ships bow |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 359 |
MM speed
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
---|---|
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The estimated travel speed of the animal. |
Unit of Measure: | miles/hr |
Allowed Values: | 0 - 10 |
Species code
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR |
---|---|
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The species code |
Allowed Values: | Codeset: Species code |
Species
Data Storage Type: | Unknown |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The genus and species name of the sighting |
Allowed Values: | Genus and species name of sighted animal |
Best SS
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The best estimation of the group size. |
Unit of Measure: | animal |
Allowed Values: | 1 - 50 |
High SS
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The highest possible count of group size. |
Unit of Measure: | animal |
Allowed Values: | 1 - 85 |
Low SS
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The lowest possible count of the group size. |
Unit of Measure: | animal |
Allowed Values: | 1 - 40 |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 25129 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25129 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Janice Waite |
Metadata Record Created: | 2015-05-26 18:56+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:11+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2018-11-27 |
Owner Org: | AFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2018-11-27 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2019-11-27 |