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Sightings

Entity (ENT) | Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25234 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External

Summary

Item Identification

Entity Info

Data Attributes

Catalog Details

Abstract

Description

Entity Type
Data File

Data Attribute / Type	Description
DATE NUMBER	month/day/year
TIME NUMBER	Alaska Standard Time (-8 GMT)
OBSERVER Unknown	initials of observer who made the sighting
ANGLE NUMBER	Angles were taken with inclinometers and range from 0 to 90 with 0 at the horizon and 90 directly under the aircraft
GROUPSIZE NUMBER	number of animals in a group
SPECIES Unknown	Common name of the animal (or vessel) sighted, unid=unidentified
CUE Unknown	Visual cue that caused the observer to first notice the sighting
CALFNUM NUMBER	number of calves in group
GROUPCOMP Unknown	age composition of the group
FEEDING Unknown	if the group was thought to be feeding and what the cue was
REACTOPLANE Unknown	if the group reacted to the aircraft and how they reacted
BEHAVIOR Unknown	behavior of the group
SWIMDIR Unknown	either given as degrees or in terms of an analog clock (e.g., 3 O'Clock where the nose of the plane is always 12)
VESSELNUM NUMBER	number of vessels in the area
GRPNUM NUMBER	unique number given to whale groups during a flight
LOW NUMBER	minimum estimate of animals in a sighting
BEST NUMBER	best estimate of animals in a sighting
HIGH NUMBER	maximum estimate of animals in a sighting

Data Attribute / Type

Description

DATE
NUMBER

month/day/year

TIME
NUMBER

Alaska Standard Time (-8 GMT)

OBSERVER
Unknown

initials of observer who made the sighting

ANGLE
NUMBER

Angles were taken with inclinometers and range from 0 to 90 with 0 at the horizon and 90 directly under the aircraft

GROUPSIZE
NUMBER

number of animals in a group

SPECIES
Unknown

Common name of the animal (or vessel) sighted, unid=unidentified

CUE
Unknown

Visual cue that caused the observer to first notice the sighting

CALFNUM
NUMBER

number of calves in group

GROUPCOMP
Unknown

age composition of the group

FEEDING
Unknown

if the group was thought to be feeding and what the cue was

REACTOPLANE
Unknown

if the group reacted to the aircraft and how they reacted

BEHAVIOR
Unknown

behavior of the group

SWIMDIR
Unknown

either given as degrees or in terms of an analog clock (e.g., 3 O'Clock where the nose of the plane is always 12)

VESSELNUM
NUMBER

number of vessels in the area

GRPNUM
NUMBER

unique number given to whale groups during a flight

LOW
NUMBER

minimum estimate of animals in a sighting

BEST
NUMBER

best estimate of animals in a sighting

HIGH
NUMBER

maximum estimate of animals in a sighting

No Child Items for this record.

No contact information is available for this record.

Please contact the owner organization (AFSC) for inquiries on this record.

Title:	Sightings
Short Name:	Sightings
Status:	In Work
Abstract:	NA
Notes:	Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 6114, 06-03-2015 14:59

Entity Type:	Data File
Description:	NA

Note: Metadata requirements do not apply to attributes for non-tabular entities.

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
N/A	DATE	NUMBER	month/day/year
N/A	TIME	NUMBER	Alaska Standard Time (-8 GMT)
N/A	OBSERVER	Unknown	initials of observer who made the sighting
N/A	ANGLE	NUMBER	Angles were taken with inclinometers and range from 0 to 90 with 0 at the horizon and 90 directly under the aircraft
N/A	GROUPSIZE	NUMBER	number of animals in a group
N/A	SPECIES	Unknown	Common name of the animal (or vessel) sighted, unid=unidentified
N/A	CUE	Unknown	Visual cue that caused the observer to first notice the sighting
N/A	CALFNUM	NUMBER	number of calves in group
N/A	GROUPCOMP	Unknown	age composition of the group
N/A	FEEDING	Unknown	if the group was thought to be feeding and what the cue was
N/A	REACTOPLANE	Unknown	if the group reacted to the aircraft and how they reacted
N/A	BEHAVIOR	Unknown	behavior of the group
N/A	SWIMDIR	Unknown	either given as degrees or in terms of an analog clock (e.g., 3 O'Clock where the nose of the plane is always 12)
N/A	VESSELNUM	NUMBER	number of vessels in the area
N/A	GRPNUM	NUMBER	unique number given to whale groups during a flight
N/A	LOW	NUMBER	minimum estimate of animals in a sighting
N/A	BEST	NUMBER	best estimate of animals in a sighting
N/A	HIGH	NUMBER	maximum estimate of animals in a sighting

Name

Type

Description

N/A

DATE

NUMBER

month/day/year

N/A

TIME

NUMBER

Alaska Standard Time (-8 GMT)

N/A

OBSERVER

Unknown

initials of observer who made the sighting

N/A

ANGLE

NUMBER

Angles were taken with inclinometers and range from 0 to 90 with 0 at the horizon and 90 directly under the aircraft

N/A

GROUPSIZE

NUMBER

number of animals in a group

N/A

SPECIES

Unknown

Common name of the animal (or vessel) sighted, unid=unidentified

N/A

CUE

Unknown

Visual cue that caused the observer to first notice the sighting

N/A

CALFNUM

NUMBER

number of calves in group

N/A

GROUPCOMP

Unknown

age composition of the group

N/A

FEEDING

Unknown

if the group was thought to be feeding and what the cue was

N/A

REACTOPLANE

Unknown

if the group reacted to the aircraft and how they reacted

N/A

BEHAVIOR

Unknown

behavior of the group

N/A

SWIMDIR

Unknown

either given as degrees or in terms of an analog clock (e.g., 3 O'Clock where the nose of the plane is always 12)

N/A

VESSELNUM

NUMBER

number of vessels in the area

N/A

GRPNUM

NUMBER

unique number given to whale groups during a flight

N/A

LOW

NUMBER

minimum estimate of animals in a sighting

N/A

BEST

NUMBER

best estimate of animals in a sighting

N/A

HIGH

NUMBER

maximum estimate of animals in a sighting

Attribute Details

DATE

CC ID: 202915

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	month/day/year
Allowed Values:	201104190000 - 201106060000

TIME

CC ID: 202916

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Alaska Standard Time (-8 GMT)
Allowed Values:	939 - 2021

OBSERVER

CC ID: 202917

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	initials of observer who made the sighting
Allowed Values:	unknown

ANGLE

CC ID: 202918

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Angles were taken with inclinometers and range from 0 to 90 with 0 at the horizon and 90 directly under the aircraft
Allowed Values:	1 - 50

GROUPSIZE

CC ID: 202919

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	number of animals in a group
Allowed Values:	1 - 250

SPECIES

CC ID: 202920

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Common name of the animal (or vessel) sighted, unid=unidentified
Allowed Values:	unknown

CUE

CC ID: 202921

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Visual cue that caused the observer to first notice the sighting
Allowed Values:	unknown

CALFNUM

CC ID: 202922

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	number of calves in group
Allowed Values:	0 - 14

GROUPCOMP

CC ID: 202923

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	age composition of the group
Allowed Values:	unknown

FEEDING

CC ID: 202924

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	if the group was thought to be feeding and what the cue was
Allowed Values:	unknown

REACTOPLANE

CC ID: 202925

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	if the group reacted to the aircraft and how they reacted
Allowed Values:	unknown

BEHAVIOR

CC ID: 202926

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	behavior of the group
Allowed Values:	unknown

SWIMDIR

CC ID: 202927

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	either given as degrees or in terms of an analog clock (e.g., 3 O'Clock where the nose of the plane is always 12)
Allowed Values:	unknown

VESSELNUM

CC ID: 202928

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	number of vessels in the area
Allowed Values:	0 - 0

GRPNUM

CC ID: 202929

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	unique number given to whale groups during a flight
Allowed Values:	1 - 27

LOW

CC ID: 202930

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	minimum estimate of animals in a sighting
Allowed Values:	2 - 200

BEST

CC ID: 202931

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	best estimate of animals in a sighting
Allowed Values:	1 - 250

HIGH

CC ID: 202932

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	maximum estimate of animals in a sighting
Allowed Values:	2 - 350

Catalog Item ID:	25234
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25234
Metadata Record Created By:	Janice Waite
Metadata Record Created:	2015-06-03 14:59+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

Sightings

Summary

Entity Information

Child Items

Contact Information

Item Identification

Entity Information

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Attribute Details

DATE

TIME

OBSERVER

ANGLE

GROUPSIZE

SPECIES

CUE

CALFNUM

GROUPCOMP

FEEDING

REACTOPLANE

BEHAVIOR

SWIMDIR

VESSELNUM

GRPNUM

LOW

BEST

HIGH

Catalog Details