25236 alldata Entity Published / External 17337 AFSC/NMML: Bowhead whale aerial surveys and photography near Barrow, Alaska, from 1979-1992 Data Set In Work NA Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 6115, 06-03-2015 17:24 NA Altitude NUMBER No No Active feet -91 - 2030 YEAR NUMBER No No Active Year 1979 - 1992 Behavior NUMBER No No Active 2=fluke; 3=breach; 4=spyhop; 5=milling; 6=mating; 7=fast swim; 8=slow swim; 9=resting; 10=rolling; 13=dead; 14=feeding; 15=dove; 16=muddy; 22=on ice; 23=in water; 24=on ice near hole; 25=on ice near crack, 26=on shore/land 2 - 26 Comments Unknown No No Active Comments unknown DAY NUMBER No No Active Day 1 - 31 FRONTCam_roll NUMBER No No Active Roll number of Front Camera 0 - 33 Group_id NUMBER No No Active Unique sequential number given to sightings each flight, assigned by observers 0 - 62 Hour NUMBER No No Active Hour 0 - 95 IDhandheldCam_roll NUMBER No No Active Roll number of Handheld Camera 0 - 68 Ice NUMBER No No Active 1st digit=percent ice cover; 2nd digit=ice type; 0=no ice; x1=grease; x2=thin; x3=bergs less than 10m; x4=bergs greater than 10m; x5=cakes less than 50m; x6=floes less than 1km; x7=sheets greater than 1km; 99=solid ice 0 - 99 LATDEG NUMBER No No Active Degree of Latitude 0 - 73 LATMIN NUMBER No No Active Minute of Latitude 0 - 60 LATSEC NUMBER No No Active Second of Latitude 0 - 9 LONDEG NUMBER No No Active Degree of Longitude -99 - 172 LONMIN NUMBER No No Active Minute of Longitude 0 - 60 LONSEC NUMBER No No Active Second of Longitude 0 - 9 MONTH NUMBER No No Active Month 4 - 9 Markings NUMBER No No Active 1=white peduncle; 2=many scars; 3=diagonal scars 1 - 3 Minute NUMBER No No Active Minute 0 - 95 Number_animals NUMBER No No Active Number of animals counted 0 - 900 Photo_number NUMBER No No Active Unique sequential number through season, automatically assigned by computer program 1 - 1079 REARCam_roll NUMBER No No Active Roll number of Rear Camera 1 - 36 Second NUMBER No No Active Second 0 - 59 Size_of_animal NUMBER No No Active 1=large; 2=medium; 3=small; 4=calf; 5=cow and calf; 6=non-calf 1 - 6 Species Unknown No No Active Two letter code for genus and species; UC=unidentified cetacean, UP=unidentified pinniped unknown Speed NUMBER No No Active mph 0 - 165 Visibility Unknown No No Active GO=good; FA=fair; PO=poor; UN=unacceptable unknown Weather Unknown No No Active CL=clear; HF=heavy fog; HZ=haze; LF=light fog; LR=light rain; LS=light snow; OV=overcast; PC=partly cloudy unknown Beaufort NUMBER No No Active Beaufort scale 0 - 6 gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25236 Janice Waite 2015-06-03T17:24:50 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:11:09 2019-04-18 Alaska Fisheries Science Center AFSC 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA https://www.afsc.noaa.gov 0700-1700 Pacific Time 1001 Public No 2019-04-18 1 Year 2020-04-18