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Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 2024: AFSC/NMML with NPRB: Location-only satellite telemetry data for North Pacific Right Whales, Bering Sea, 2008 - 2009, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25633.

Item Identification

Title: AFSC/NMML with NPRB: Location-only satellite telemetry data for North Pacific Right Whales, Bering Sea, 2008 - 2009
Short Name: AFSC/NMML with NPRB: Location-only satellite telemetry data for North Pacific Right Whales, Bering Sea, 2008 - 2009
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2013
Abstract:

This dataset contains ARGOS location data (latitude and longitude in decimal format) and associated time (date and time) and location quality (as defined by Argos System, www.argos-system.org) information. Data were collected using Wildlife Computers PTT-only SPOT 5 satellite transmitters and PTT identification is also provided with the data. Satellite transmitters were deployed on North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) in the eastern Bering Sea. This project was funded by the North Pacific Research Board (http://www.nprb.org/).

Purpose:

These data were collected to monitor North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) using satellite telemetry

Notes:

Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 6317, 06-24-2015 18:09

The following FGDC sections are not currently supported in InPort, but were preserved and will be included in the FGDC export:

- Taxonomy (FGDC:taxonomy)

- Spatial Data Organization Information (FGDC:spdoinfo)

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Satellite Telemetry

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None summer 2008
None summer 2009

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Southeastern Bering Sea Continental Shelf

Physical Location

Organization: National Marine Mammal Laboratory
City: Seattle
State/Province: WA
Country: United States

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Text files
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

The dataset contains location data (latitude and longitude) of North Pacific right whales satellite tagged

in the Southeastern Bering Sea Continental Shelf in 2008 and 2009. The data contains five columns labeled "latitude",

"longitude", "time.utc", "ptt.id", "lq". Details of the column contents are described under "Detailed Descriptions" of the metadata

Entity Attribute Detail Citation:

Metadata Detailed Descriptions

Distribution Liability:

The metadata contains location data for North Pacific Right Whales tagged with satelllite telemetry in 2008 and 2009. Care should be taken to understand the elements in the metadata record and the distributor shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data. If assistance is needed, contact the distributor.

Data Set Credit: Funding for this project was provided by the North Pacific Research Board and complemented by the United States Minerals Management Service.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 227104
Date Effective From: 2008
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Zerbini, Alexandre
Email Address: alex.zerbini@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 227103
Date Effective From: 2008
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): North Pacific Research Board (NPRB)
Address: 1007 West 3rd Avenue, Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99501
USA
Phone: 907 644 6700
URL: http://www.nprb.org/index.html

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 206010
Date Effective From: 2015-06-24
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): MC, Metadata Coordinators
Email Address: AFSC.metadata@noaa.gov

Originator

CC ID: 206012
Date Effective From: 2015-06-24
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Zerbini, Alexandre
Email Address: alex.zerbini@noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 206011
Date Effective From: 2015-06-24
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Clapham, Phillip
Email Address: phillip.clapham@noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: observed

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 206009
W° Bound: -166.37
E° Bound: -162.37
N° Bound: 57.79
S° Bound: 56.29
Description

Southeastern Bering Sea Continental Shelf including Bristol Bay

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 206008
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2008-08
End: 2009-09

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

Data is available at NPRB. This link will download a zip file with the metadata and data file: http://s3.nprb.org/data/2007/20/NPRB.2007.20.zip).

Data Access Constraints:

Access to the data set requires written permission from the point of contact specified in these metadata.

Data Use Constraints:

Any person using the information here should fully understand the data collection and processing procedures before beginning analyses. The burden for determining fitness of use lies entirely with the user. For purposes of publication or dissemination, citations or credit should be given to the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries.

Metadata Access Constraints:

Use of the data requires written consent from the metadata contact person

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 238866
Download URL: http://projects.nprb.org/#metadata/c221e182-14e1-431a-8e04-5861a7b9c448/project/files
Distributor: North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) (2008 - Present)
File Name: NPRB_Project720.csv
Description:

This link will take you to the project page at NPRB. Click on the "Project Data" tab to find metadata and a csv data file "NPRB_Project720".

File Type (Deprecated): csv (comma-separated values)
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 206024
URL: http://projects.nprb.org/#metadata/c221e182-14e1-431a-8e04-5861a7b9c448/project
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: HTML
Description:

NPRB webpage for the project (titled "0720 Migration of North Pacific Right Whales"). The final report can be downloaded from this site.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Attribute accuracy is provided in the Location Quality (LQ) field. The current dataset has 6 LQ levels. Tagging is the GPS location where a satellite transmitter was deployed and has GPS precision. The accuracy of remaining LQ levels are as defined by Argos Service and are classified in different classes of decreasing accuracy in the following order: 3, 2, 1, 0, A, B, and Z. LQs 3, 2, 1, and 0 have estimated accuracies of 150, 350, 1,000, and >1,000 m. LQs A, B, and Z have no estimated location accuracy. LC Z are points for which the location process failed and were not included in the present dataset.

Completeness Report:

LQ Z and LQ removed by the "argosfilter" package were removed from the data. No duplicate features are present in the dataset

Conceptual Consistency:

not provided

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

See Metadata Accuracy field

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: No
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: 0
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: Unknown
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: Other
If World Data Center or Other, Specify: NPRB
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: Unknown
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions, operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Western Regional Support Center in Seattle, Washington, following a disruption.

Lineage

Sources

Argos user's manual

CC ID: 206017
Contact Name: Argos
Publish Date: 1990-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2008-07-01
Extent End Date/Time: 2009-09-30

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 206018
Description:

Satellite transmitters were attached to the body of North Pacific right whales using a pneumatic delivery system. Whales were tagged with the implantable configuration of the SPOT 5 transmitters produced by Wildlife Computers (Redmond, WA). Transmitters were duty-cycled to optimize data collection in the feeding grounds and for maximizing tag longevity. Tags were programmed to transmit every day for 6 hours (14-21hs UTC) during daytime and 6 hours (2-9hs UTC) during night time for the months of August and September. Beginning in October, when migration likely begins, transmitters were programmed to transmit every other day, following the same alternate 6hr on/off periods. Satellite tags were monitored by Argos Data Collection and Location Service receivers on NOAA TIROS-N weather satellites in sun-synchronous polar orbits. Locations were calculated by Argos from Doppler-shift data when multiple messages were received during a satellites passage overhead. Argos codes locations in quality classes (LQ) labeled B, A, 0, 1, 2, 3, in order of increasing accuracy. Argos locations were processed using the software R. The SDA Argos filter (Freitas et al., 2008) was applied to all location qualities in software R in order to remove locations that implied unlikely deviations from the tracks path as well as unrealistic travel rates. This filter requires two main parameters: turning angles and maximum speed of travel. The default value of turning angles (Freitas et al., 2008) was used and the maximum speed was assumed to be 15km/h (e.g. Mate et al., 1997). Exploratory analysis showed that the use of different maximum speed limits (12 and 18km/h) did not influence the results.

Distances between filtered locations were calculated assuming a great circle route. Methods are described in the published manuscript: A. N. Zerbini, Baumgartner, M. F., Kennedy, A. S., Rone, B. K., Wade, P. R., and Clapham, P. J.

Space use patterns of the Endangered North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica in the Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi: 10.3354/meps11366

Process Date/Time: 2010-01-01 00:00:00
Process Contact: Zerbini, Alexandre
Email Address: alex.zerbini@noaa.gov

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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 25633
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25633
Metadata Record Created By: Janice Waite
Metadata Record Created: 2015-06-24 16:42+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-05-15
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-05-15
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-05-15