25234
Sightings
Sightings
Entity
Published / External
17334
AFSC/NMML: Bowhead Whale Aerial Abundance Survey off Barrow, Alaska, Spring 2011
Data Set
In Work
NA
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Data File
NA
ANGLE
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Angles were taken with inclinometers and range from 0 to 90 with 0 at the horizon and 90 directly under the aircraft
1 - 50
VESSELNUM
NUMBER
No
No
Active
number of vessels in the area
0 - 0
BEST
NUMBER
No
No
Active
best estimate of animals in a sighting
1 - 250
CALFNUM
NUMBER
No
No
Active
number of calves in group
0 - 14
CUE
Unknown
No
No
Active
Visual cue that caused the observer to first notice the sighting
unknown
DATE
NUMBER
No
No
Active
month/day/year
201104190000 - 201106060000
FEEDING
Unknown
No
No
Active
if the group was thought to be feeding and what the cue was
unknown
GROUPCOMP
Unknown
No
No
Active
age composition of the group
unknown
GROUPSIZE
NUMBER
No
No
Active
number of animals in a group
1 - 250
GRPNUM
NUMBER
No
No
Active
unique number given to whale groups during a flight
1 - 27
HIGH
NUMBER
No
No
Active
maximum estimate of animals in a sighting
2 - 350
LOW
NUMBER
No
No
Active
minimum estimate of animals in a sighting
2 - 200
OBSERVER
Unknown
No
No
Active
initials of observer who made the sighting
unknown
REACTOPLANE
Unknown
No
No
Active
if the group reacted to the aircraft and how they reacted
unknown
SPECIES
Unknown
No
No
Active
Common name of the animal (or vessel) sighted, unid=unidentified
unknown
SWIMDIR
Unknown
No
No
Active
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)
unknown
TIME
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Alaska Standard Time (-8 GMT)
939 - 2021
BEHAVIOR
Unknown
No
No
Active
behavior of the group
unknown
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25234
Janice Waite
2015-06-03T14:59:04
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2022-08-09T17:11:09
2018-11-27
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2018-11-27
1 Year
2019-11-27