25324
Satellite Tags- Hawaii EEZ
Data Set
Published / External
23915
Cetaceans-Satellite Tagging
Project
In Work
2019
Satellite tagging was implemented in 2013. Satellite tagging is conducted using a Dan Inject air rifle and deployment arrows designed by Wildlife Computers. Two types of tags are deployed. One type is a Wildlife Computers SPOT5-240C tag that collects location and temperature. The other tag type is the Wildlife Computers SPLASH10-292B, which provides location as well as depth, temperature, and light level.
Satellite tagging is used to study the movements and habitat use of individuals. Additionally, SPLASH10 tags provide information on the dive behavior of individuals.
Theme
satellite tagging
Spatial
Hawaii EEZ
Instrument
satellite tag
Platform
small boat
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Honolulu
HI
USA
IRC
1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176
Honolulu, HI 96818
Data Set
Access Database, spreadsheets
As Needed
digital table
satellite tag - SPOT or SPLASH (Wildlife Computers)
n/a
n/a
56170
Satellite Tag Deployment Details-Hawaii EEZ
Published / External
Spreadsheet
Yes
Deployment details for each satellite tag
1
TAG-PTT ID
TEXT
No
No
Active
The satellite tag type (SPOT or SPLASH) and the platform identification number
STRING
2
SPECIES CODE
BYTE
No
No
Active
Numeric code for the species on which the satellite tag was deployed
INTEGER
3
SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME
TEXT
No
No
Active
Genus species for the cetacean on which the satellite tag was deployed
4
SPECIES COMMON NAME
TEXT
No
No
Active
Common name for the cetacean species on which the satellite tag was deployed
5
DATE
DATE
No
No
Active
the local date of the satellite tag deployment
6
PROJECT_CRUISE ID
TEXT
No
No
Active
The Project Name or Cruise Name and Cruise Number
STRING
7
SURVEY ID
TEXT
No
No
Active
Location or Cruise Code and number that starts at 1 for each project and increments with every survey day
8
SIGHTING
TEXT
No
No
Active
Sighting number during which satellite tag was deployed. The WinCruz number is used for ship surveys. Letters following numbers indicate the sighting was a multispecies sighting.
STRING
9
TIME
TIME
No
No
Active
Local Time when the satellite tag was deployed
10
EEZ
TEXT
No
No
Active
Exclusive Economic Zone where the tag was deployed
11
REGION
TEXT
No
No
Active
Region (defined by PIFSC CRP) within the EEZ where the tag was deployed
12
LOCATION
TEXT
No
No
Active
Island or area where the tag was deployed
13
LATITUDE
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Latitude at the of the deployment location (+ = North, - = South)
14
LONGITUDE
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Longitude at the of the deployment location (+ = North, - = South)
15
SEX
TEXT
No
No
Active
Gender of the tagged individual (Male, Female, Unknown) determined by genetics or visual confirmation in the field for short-finned pilot whales (i.e. by sexually dimorphic traits).
16
AGE CLASS
TEXT
No
No
Active
Adult, Juvenile/Sub-adult (determined in the field)
17
PHOTOS
TEXT
No
No
Active
Yes or No - were photos taken during the deployment or of the individual that was tagged
18
VIDEO
TEXT
No
No
Active
Yes or No - was video taken during the deployment
56205
ARGOS-MoveBank Satellite Telemetry Data - Hawaii EEZ
Published / External
On Going
Spreadsheet
Yes
Satellite telemetry data are received from ARGOS in DIAG format then imported into MoveBank. Within MoveBank the DAR filter is run and the data are exported showing which locations are marked as outliers based on the filter criteria.
1
PROJECT_CRUISE ID
TEXT
No
No
Active
The project name (including year) and/or the ship survey Cruise ID during which the satellite tags were deployed
2
STUDY NAME
TEXT
No
No
Active
The Movebank project name - listed by species and region with PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) indentifier
3
SPECIES
TEXT
No
No
Active
The scientific name (genus species) of the cetacean species tagged
4
TAG ID-TAG TYPE
TEXT
No
No
Active
The tag PTT ID and the type of tag (SPOT or SPLASH) deployed
5
INDIVIDUAL LOCAL IDENTIFIER
TEXT
No
No
Active
Movebank identifier -- PTT ID, two letter species code, location code, year tag was deployed, tag type
6
EVENT ID
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
An identifier for the set of values associated with each event, i.e. sensor measurement. A unique event ID is assigned to every time-location or other time-measurement record in Movebank.
7
TIMESTAMP
DATE/TIME
No
No
Active
The UTC date and time of the tag location hit
format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.sss
8
LOCATION-LONGITUDE
FLOAT
No
No
Active
The estimated geographic longitude of the location of the satellite tag. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it.
9
LOCATION-LATITUDE
FLOAT
No
No
Active
The estimated geographic latitude of the location of the satellite tag. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it.
10
ALGORITHM MARKED OUTLIER
TEXT
No
No
Active
Identifies events marked as outliers using the Douglas Argos Filter (DAR) algorithm in Movebank. Outliers have the value TRUE
11
ARGOS:ALTITUDE
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
Platform altitude in km - should always be 0 for cetaceans
12
ARGOS:BEST LEVEL
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
Best signal strength (dB), Argos diagnostic data
13
ARGOS:CALCULATED FREQUENCY
FLOAT
No
No
Active
Calculated frequency (Hz), Argos diagnostic data
14
ARGOS:IQ
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
This quality indicator gives information on the transmitter in terms of two digits, X and Y. X is the first digit and indicates residual error on the frequency calculation; Y is the second digit and indicates transmitter oscillator frequency drift between two satellite passes. Values provided in Argos diagnostic data (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). Values obtained through some Argos channels do not include leading 0s, so 1-digit values indicate X = 0 and blank values or values of "0" indicate both X and Y = 0. Allowed values are
X = 0: No calculation of residual frequency error (fewer than four messages received)
X = 1,2,3: Unsatisfactory convergence of calculation
X = 4: Residual frequency error > 1.5 Hz
X = 5: 0.15 Hz < residual frequency error < 1.5 Hz
X = 6: Residual frequency error < 0.15 Hz
Y = 0: No check on transmit frequency drift, as the two results are more than 12 hours apart.
Y = 1: Frequency discrepancy > 400 Hz. Probably due to transmit frequency discrepancy, change of oscillator, etc.
Y = 2: Previous location is less than 1/2 hour old. Frequency discrepancy > 30 Hz, i.e. F/F (over 10 min) >2.5 E-8
Y = 3: Frequency drift > 4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) > 1.10-7
Y = 4: Frequency drift < 4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 1.10-7
Y = 5: Frequency drift < 2 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 5.10-8
Y = 6: Frequency drift < 1 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 2.5 . 10-8
Y = 7: Frequency drift < 0.4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 1.10-8
Y = 8: Frequency drift < 0.2 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 5.10-9
15
ARGOS:LAT1
FLOAT
No
No
Active
Solution 1. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data.
decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system
16
ARGOS:LAT2
FLOAT
No
No
Active
Solution 2. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data.
decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system
17
ARGOS:LC
ALPHANUMERIC
No
No
Active
The location class retrieved from Argos, Argos diagnostic data. Allowed values are 0, 1, 2, 3, A, B, and Z
3 Argos < 250m 4 messages or more
2 Argos 250m < < 500m 4 messages or more
1 Argos 500m < < 1500m 4 messages or more
0* Argos > 1500m 4 messages or more
A Argos No accuracy estimation Unbounded accuracy estimation 3 messages
B Argos No accuracy estimation Unbounded accuracy estimation messages 1 or
2 messages
Z Argos Invalid location (available only for Service Plus/Auxiliary Location Processing)
18
ARGOS:LONG1
FLOAT
No
No
Active
Solution 1. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data
decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system
19
ARGOS:LONG2
FLOAT
No
No
Active
Solution 2. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data
decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system
20
ARGOS:NB MES
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
The number of messages received [to calculate location], Argos diagnostic data
21
ARGOS:NB MES-120
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
The number of messages received by the satellite at a signal strength greater than -120 decibels, Argos diagnostic data
22
ARGOS:NOPC
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
The number of plausibility checks successful (from 0-4), Argos diagnostic data
23
ARGOS:PASS DURATION
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
Time elapsed (seconds) between the first and last message received by the satellite, Argos diagnostic data
24
ARGOS:VALID LOCATION ALGORITHM
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
Indicates which of the two location estimates provided by Argos is the valid location, using a user-selected filter algorithm in Movebank. Allowed values are
1: The Argos filter algorithm has chosen the primary location (solution 1, lat1/lon1) as the valid location.
2: The Argos filter algorithm has chosen the alternate location (solution 2, lat2/lon2) as the valid location.
25
SENSOR TYPE
TEXT
No
No
Active
The type of sensor with which data were collected
Data Steward
2006
Person
Hill, Marie C
marie.hill@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5710
Distributor
2006
Organization
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
pifsc.info@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5360
https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Metadata Contact
2006
Person
Hill, Marie C
marie.hill@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5710
Point of Contact
2009
Person
Oleson, Erin M
erin.oleson@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5712
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Point of Contact
2006
Person
Hill, Marie C
marie.hill@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5710
Ground Condition
-180
-153
31
17
Hawaii EEZ
Range
2013-05-16
2013-10-16
two tags deployed on false killer whales during SE 13-03 PACES
Range
2016-07-10
2016-09-16
SPOT5 and SPLASH10 tags deployed on melon-headed whales, a short-finned pilot whale and a killer whale during a ship survey of the main Hawaiian Islands (SE 16-04; HI-TEC).
Range
2017-07-07
2017-10-10
Satellite tags deployed on short-finned pilot whales and false killer whales during the Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (HICEAS).
Unclassified
In the future, the data will be publicly available on the Animal Tracking Network. Until then, requests should be made by contacting marie.hill@noaa.gov
The user is responsible for the results of any application of these data.
The NMFS permit number (listed within the dataset) under which the data were collected must be listed in any publications and/or other representations of these data.
Acknowledgement of NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Cetacean Research Program, as the source from which these data were obtained, in any publications and/or other representations of these data is requested.
None
None
2019
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25324
2006
Organization
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Satellite tags - Hawaii EEZ
csv (comma-separated values)
CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
Satellite tag data from successful deployments are included within this data set.
The following processing is carried out at the Argos global processing centers:
Verification of message quality, reception level, time-tagging, transmitter identification number, sensor message lengths and receiver frequency value (to compute the location)
Message time-tagging in coordinated universal time (UTC)
Message classification by platform and by chronological order
Data processing
After the data are received from Argos and uploaded to Movebank.org we apply the Douglas Argos (DAR) filter to determine outliers based on the following user defined variables: maximum redundant distance (consecutive points separated by less than a defined distance are kept by the filter because ARGOS location errors rarely occur in the same place, so very close temporally consecutive points are assumed to be self-confirming); location classes (LCs) that are automatically retained; maximum sustainable rate of movement; and the rate coefficient (Ratecoef) for assessing the angle created by three consecutive points. The rate coefficient algorithm takes into account that the farther an animal moves between locations, the less likely it is to return to or near to the original location without any intervening positions, creating an acute angle characteristic of typical ARGOS error. Locations were retained if they were separated from the next location by less than a maximum redundant distance of 3 km, as well as LC2 and LC3 locations (estimated error of <500 and <250 m, respectively; ARGOS User’s Manual). LC1 locations (with estimated error of between 500 and 1500 m), as well as LC0, LCA, LCB, and LCZ locations (with no estimation of accuracy), were only retained if they passed the Douglas ARGOS Filter process. The maximum sustainable rate of movement used was 20 kph for false killer whales, bottlenose dolphins, and rough-toothed dolphins, and 15 kph for short-finned pilot whales and melon-headed whales. These were based on maximum travel speeds noted during observations of fast traveling individuals in Hawai‘i (Baird et al. 2013). The default Ratecoef for marine mammals was used (Ratecoef = 25).
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
unknown
unknown
Other
unknown
Data are backed up to and internal PIFSC server and multiple hard drives stored in secure locations.
Argos transmitters upload short duration messages (of less than one second) to Argos instruments on satellites that pass overhead at an altitude of 850 km.
Each platform is characterized by an identification number specific to its transmitter. A platform transmits periodic messages characterized by the following parameters :
Transmission Frequency (401.650 MHz ± 30 kHz, which must be stable as the location is computed on the basis of Doppler effect measurements, the Repetition period, which is the interval of time between two consecutive message dispatches, varying between 15 and 90 seconds according to the extent to which the platform is used, the platform identification number, and the volume of data collected. The transmission of each message takes less than one second.
The three main receiving stations, Wallops Island and Fairbanks in the United States and Svalbard in Norway, collect all the messages recorded by the satellites during an orbit, thus providing coverage of the entire Earth.
Data received by the satellites are retransmitted to regional stations in real time if the station is within satellite visibility. The main receiving stations also receive data in real time. There are two global Argos processing centers, one located just outside of Toulouse in Southwestern France, and the other near Washington, DC, USA. Once the data arrive at a processing center, locations are automatically calculated and information made available to users.
In the two processing centers, designed for full redundancy, the computers calculate locations and process the received data.
The following processing is carried out at the global processing centers:
Verification of message quality, reception level, time-tagging, transmitter identification number, sensor message lengths and receiver frequency value (to compute the location)
Message time-tagging in coordinated universal time (UTC)
Message classification by platform and by chronological order
Data processing
After the data are received from Argos and uploaded to Movebank.org we apply the Douglas Argos (DAR) filter to determine outliers based on the following user defined variables: maximum redundant distance (consecutive points separated by less than a defined distance are kept by the filter because ARGOS location errors rarely occur in the same place, so very close temporally consecutive points are assumed to be self-confirming); location classes (LCs) that are automatically retained; maximum sustainable rate of movement; and the rate coefficient (Ratecoef) for assessing the angle created by three consecutive points. The rate coefficient algorithm takes into account that the farther an animal moves between locations, the less likely it is to return to or near to the original location without any intervening positions, creating an acute angle characteristic of typical ARGOS error. Locations were retained if they were separated from the next location by less than a maximum redundant distance of 3 km, as well as LC2 and LC3 locations (estimated error of <500 and <250 m, respectively; ARGOS User’s Manual). LC1 locations (with estimated error of between 500 and 1500 m), as well as LC0, LCA, LCB, and LCZ locations (with no estimation of accuracy), were only retained if they passed the Douglas ARGOS Filter process. The maximum sustainable rate of movement used was 20 kph for false killer whales, bottlenose dolphins, and rough-toothed dolphins, and 15 kph for short-finned pilot whales and melon-headed whales. These were based on maximum travel speeds noted during observations of fast traveling individuals in Hawai‘i (Baird et al. 2013). The default Ratecoef for marine mammals was used (Ratecoef = 25).
Wildlife Computers SPOT
instrument
Satellite Tag
Location-only satellite tag
Wildlife Computers SPLASH
instrument
Satellite Tag
Location and dive depth satellite tag
SE-06 - Steel Toe
18' Safeboat used for various surveys off Oahu and sometimes launched off the Oscar Elton Sette
Wildlife Computers SPOT
instrument
Satellite Tag
Location-only satellite tag
Wildlife Computers SPLASH
instrument
Satellite Tag
Location and dive depth satellite tag
56205
Entity
ARGOS-MoveBank Satellite Telemetry Data - Hawaii EEZ
56170
Entity
Satellite Tag Deployment Details-Hawaii EEZ
18074
Project
Biopsy Samples- Hawaii EEZ
Cross Reference
Biopsy samples are collected from the tagged individual when possible.
18079
Project
Cetacean Photos- Hawaii EEZ
Cross Reference
Photos are taken of the tagged individual when possible.
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25324
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2015-06-10T21:11:10
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-10-17T16:12:07
2019-05-14
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5300
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1001
Public
No
2019-05-14
1 Year
2020-05-14