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PRIEST_Shipboard_Data.xlsx

Entity (ENT)  |  Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26056  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

Excel worksheet that contains survey effort and sighting data.

Description

csv file that contains survey effort and sighting data.

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data File

Data Attribute / Type Description
LINE
Unknown 		Line number of data
DOT
VARCHAR2 		A label defining whether the line is on or off effort.
CODE
VARCHAR2 		A label identifying the type of event that the line of data represents, such as beginning of effort, sightings, environmental change, etc.
TIME
NUMBER 		Time of day that even occurred in Alaska Standard Time
DATE
NUMBER 		The date of data collection
LAT
NUMBER 		Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz
LONG
NUMBER 		Longitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by survey program Wincruz.
DLAT
NUMBER 		Latitude converted to decimal degrees.
DLONG
NUMBER 		Longitude converted to decimal degrees.
EFFDIST
NUMBER 		The distance calculated from the previous data entry during on effort survey. No calculations made when off effort.
ONOFF
VARCHAR2 		A label defining whether the transect leg occurred during on or off effort.
TRANSECT
NUMBER 		Transect number
BEAUFORT
NUMBER 		The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch.
SWELLHEIGHT
NUMBER 		The height of the swell, estimated by observers with reference to the ship personnel.
SWELLDIR
NUMBER 		The direction of the swell estimated by the observers using the compass repeater (true bearing as opposed to magnetic).
TEMP
Unknown 		No data
WINDSPEED
NUMBER 		The speed of the wind estimated by the observers with reference to the ship personnel.
SHIPCOURSE
NUMBER 		The direction of the ships heading obtained from the GPS.
SHSPEED
NUMBER 		The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS.
FOGRAIN
VARCHAR2 		A value determined by the observers to indicate whether there was rain, fog, rain and fog, or no rain or fog.
HORIZSUN
NUMBER 		An estimate of the horizontal angle of the sun from 1 - 12, like hours on a clock relative to the ship with 12 dead ahead on the bow.
VERTSUN
NUMBER 		An estimate of the vertical angle of the sun, with the position of the sun seen as the hours on a clock from 12 to 3 where 12 is straight overhead and 3 is on the horizon.
WINDDIR
NUMBER 		An esimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north made by observers with reference to the compass repeater (true direction as opposed to magnetic).
VISIBILITY
NUMBER 		An assessment of how far observers can see from the ship taking haze and fog into account.
LEFTOBS
VARCHAR 		The code number of the observer in the left observer position.
RECORDER
VARCHAR 		The code number of the observer who is in the computer recorder position.
RIGHTOBS
VARCHAR 		The code number of the observer in the right observer position.
SIGHTNUMBER
Unknown 		A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz.
SIGHTOBS
VARCHAR 		The code number of the observer who made a sighting.
CUE
VARCHAR2 		The cue an observer used to make a sighting, such as blow, body or splash.
SIGHTCODE
VARCHAR2 		Sighting method used at time of sighting, such as 25x or 7x binoculars or naked eye.
ANGLE
NUMBER 		The angle to the sighting relative to the bow of the ship (0 deg).
RETICLE
NUMBER 		The number of reticles on the binocular lense; measured from the horizon to the position of the sighting.
RADIALDIST_NM
NUMBER 		The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings in nm.
DISTANCE_KM
NUMBER 		The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings in km.
MMDIRECTION
NUMBER 		The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (straight ahead is 0).
MMSPEED
NUMBER 		The estimated travel speed of the animal.
SPECIESCODE
VARCHAR 		The species code
SPECIESNAME
Unknown 		The genus and species name of the sighting
BESTGSIZ
NUMBER 		The best estimation of the group size.
HIGHGSIZ
NUMBER 		The highest possible count of group size.
LOWGSIZ
NUMBER 		The lowest possible count of the group size.
SIGHTDECLAT
NUMBER 		Estimated latitude calculated from angle and distance.
SIGHTDECLONG
NUMBER 		Estimated longitude calculated from angle and distance.
PERPDIST
NUMBER 		The perpendicular distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings.
DISTDOWNTRACK
NUMBER 		The cosine of the angle (in radians) of the sighting multiplied bt the radial distance.
COMMENTS
Unknown 		Observer comments

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Item Identification

Title: PRIEST_Shipboard_Data.xlsx
Short Name: PRIEST_Shipboard_Data.xlsx
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Excel worksheet that contains survey effort and sighting data.
Notes:

Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 6596, 07-21-2015 18:19

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data File
Description:

csv file that contains survey effort and sighting data.

Data Attributes

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

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
N/A
 LINE Unknown Line number of data
N/A
 DOT VARCHAR2 A label defining whether the line is on or off effort.
N/A
 CODE VARCHAR2 A label identifying the type of event that the line of data represents, such as beginning of effort, sightings, environmental change, etc.
N/A
 TIME NUMBER Time of day that even occurred in Alaska Standard Time
N/A
 DATE NUMBER The date of data collection
N/A
 LAT NUMBER Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz
N/A
 LONG NUMBER Longitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by survey program Wincruz.
N/A
 DLAT NUMBER Latitude converted to decimal degrees.
N/A
 DLONG NUMBER Longitude converted to decimal degrees.
N/A
 EFFDIST NUMBER The distance calculated from the previous data entry during on effort survey. No calculations made when off effort.
N/A
 ONOFF VARCHAR2 A label defining whether the transect leg occurred during on or off effort.
N/A
 TRANSECT NUMBER Transect number
N/A
 BEAUFORT NUMBER The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch.
N/A
 SWELLHEIGHT NUMBER The height of the swell, estimated by observers with reference to the ship personnel.
N/A
 SWELLDIR NUMBER The direction of the swell estimated by the observers using the compass repeater (true bearing as opposed to magnetic).
N/A
 TEMP Unknown No data
N/A
 WINDSPEED NUMBER The speed of the wind estimated by the observers with reference to the ship personnel.
N/A
 SHIPCOURSE NUMBER The direction of the ships heading obtained from the GPS.
N/A
 SHSPEED NUMBER The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS.
N/A
 FOGRAIN VARCHAR2 A value determined by the observers to indicate whether there was rain, fog, rain and fog, or no rain or fog.
N/A
 HORIZSUN NUMBER An estimate of the horizontal angle of the sun from 1 - 12, like hours on a clock relative to the ship with 12 dead ahead on the bow.
N/A
 VERTSUN NUMBER An estimate of the vertical angle of the sun, with the position of the sun seen as the hours on a clock from 12 to 3 where 12 is straight overhead and 3 is on the horizon.
N/A
 WINDDIR NUMBER An esimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north made by observers with reference to the compass repeater (true direction as opposed to magnetic).
N/A
 VISIBILITY NUMBER An assessment of how far observers can see from the ship taking haze and fog into account.
N/A
 LEFTOBS VARCHAR The code number of the observer in the left observer position.
N/A
 RECORDER VARCHAR The code number of the observer who is in the computer recorder position.
N/A
 RIGHTOBS VARCHAR The code number of the observer in the right observer position.
N/A
 SIGHTNUMBER Unknown A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz.
N/A
 SIGHTOBS VARCHAR The code number of the observer who made a sighting.
N/A
 CUE VARCHAR2 The cue an observer used to make a sighting, such as blow, body or splash.
N/A
 SIGHTCODE VARCHAR2 Sighting method used at time of sighting, such as 25x or 7x binoculars or naked eye.
N/A
 ANGLE NUMBER The angle to the sighting relative to the bow of the ship (0 deg).
N/A
 RETICLE NUMBER The number of reticles on the binocular lense; measured from the horizon to the position of the sighting.
N/A
 RADIALDIST_NM NUMBER The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings in nm.
N/A
 DISTANCE_KM NUMBER The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings in km.
N/A
 MMDIRECTION NUMBER The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (straight ahead is 0).
N/A
 MMSPEED NUMBER The estimated travel speed of the animal.
N/A
 SPECIESCODE VARCHAR The species code
N/A
 SPECIESNAME Unknown The genus and species name of the sighting
N/A
 BESTGSIZ NUMBER The best estimation of the group size.
N/A
 HIGHGSIZ NUMBER The highest possible count of group size.
N/A
 LOWGSIZ NUMBER The lowest possible count of the group size.
N/A
 SIGHTDECLAT NUMBER Estimated latitude calculated from angle and distance.
N/A
 SIGHTDECLONG NUMBER Estimated longitude calculated from angle and distance.
N/A
 PERPDIST NUMBER The perpendicular distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings.
N/A
 DISTDOWNTRACK NUMBER The cosine of the angle (in radians) of the sighting multiplied bt the radial distance.
N/A
 COMMENTS Unknown Observer comments

Attribute Details

LINE

CC ID: 227273
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Line number of data
Allowed Values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

DOT

CC ID: 227274
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A label defining whether the line is on or off effort.
Allowed Values: .

CODE

CC ID: 227275
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A label identifying the type of event that the line of data represents, such as beginning of effort, sightings, environmental change, etc.
Allowed Values: B, R, E, P, V, N, W, C, S, s, t, *

TIME

CC ID: 227276
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time of day that even occurred in Alaska Standard Time
Unit of Measure: second
Allowed Values: 00:00:00 - 23:59:59

DATE

CC ID: 227277
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The date of data collection
Unit of Measure: day
Allowed Values: 080107 - 091011

LAT

CC ID: 227278
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz
Unit of Measure: Degree decimal minute
Allowed Values: N52:59.62 - N64:25.05

LONG

CC ID: 227279
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by survey program Wincruz.
Unit of Measure: Degree decimal minutes
Allowed Values: W161:29.74 - W171:19.61

DLAT

CC ID: 227280
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude converted to decimal degrees.
Unit of Measure: Decimal degrees
Allowed Values: 52.827 - 64.418

DLONG

CC ID: 227281
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude converted to decimal degrees.
Unit of Measure: Decimal degrees
Allowed Values: -161.496 - -171.327

EFFDIST

CC ID: 227282
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The distance calculated from the previous data entry during on effort survey. No calculations made when off effort.
Unit of Measure: km
Allowed Values: 0 - 25

ONOFF

CC ID: 227283
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A label defining whether the transect leg occurred during on or off effort.
Allowed Values: On, Off

TRANSECT

CC ID: 227284
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Transect number
Unit of Measure: nm
Allowed Values: 0 - 374

BEAUFORT

CC ID: 227285
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch.
Unit of Measure: Beaufort scale
Allowed Values: 0 - 7

SWELLHEIGHT

CC ID: 227286
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The height of the swell, estimated by observers with reference to the ship personnel.
Unit of Measure: feet
Allowed Values: 0 - 20

SWELLDIR

CC ID: 227287
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The direction of the swell estimated by the observers using the compass repeater (true bearing as opposed to magnetic).
Unit of Measure: degree relative to true N
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

TEMP

CC ID: 227288
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No data

WINDSPEED

CC ID: 227289
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The speed of the wind estimated by the observers with reference to the ship personnel.
Unit of Measure: knots
Allowed Values: 0 - 45

SHIPCOURSE

CC ID: 227290
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The direction of the ships heading obtained from the GPS.
Unit of Measure: degree relative to true N
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

SHSPEED

CC ID: 227291
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS.
Unit of Measure: knots
Allowed Values: 0 - 14.3

FOGRAIN

CC ID: 227292
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A value determined by the observers to indicate whether there was rain, fog, rain and fog, or no rain or fog.
Allowed Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

HORIZSUN

CC ID: 227293
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An estimate of the horizontal angle of the sun from 1 - 12, like hours on a clock relative to the ship with 12 dead ahead on the bow.
Unit of Measure: clock hrs relative to the bow
Allowed Values: 1 - 12

VERTSUN

CC ID: 227294
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An estimate of the vertical angle of the sun, with the position of the sun seen as the hours on a clock from 12 to 3 where 12 is straight overhead and 3 is on the horizon.
Unit of Measure: integer
Allowed Values: 0 - 12

WINDDIR

CC ID: 227295
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An esimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north made by observers with reference to the compass repeater (true direction as opposed to magnetic).
Unit of Measure: degree relative to true N
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

VISIBILITY

CC ID: 227296
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An assessment of how far observers can see from the ship taking haze and fog into account.
Unit of Measure: mile
Allowed Values: 0 - 10.0

LEFTOBS

CC ID: 227297
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The code number of the observer in the left observer position.
Allowed Values: Codeset: Observer numbers

RECORDER

CC ID: 227298
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The code number of the observer who is in the computer recorder position.
Allowed Values: Codeset: Observer numbers

RIGHTOBS

CC ID: 227299
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The code number of the observer in the right observer position.
Allowed Values: Codeset: Observer numbers

SIGHTNUMBER

CC ID: 227300
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz.
Allowed Values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

SIGHTOBS

CC ID: 227301
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The code number of the observer who made a sighting.
Allowed Values: Codeset: Observer numbers

CUE

CC ID: 227302
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The cue an observer used to make a sighting, such as blow, body or splash.
Allowed Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

SIGHTCODE

CC ID: 227303
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sighting method used at time of sighting, such as 25x or 7x binoculars or naked eye.
Allowed Values: 2, 4, 1

ANGLE

CC ID: 227304
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The angle to the sighting relative to the bow of the ship (0 deg).
Unit of Measure: deg of stg rel to bow
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

RETICLE

CC ID: 227305
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The number of reticles on the binocular lense; measured from the horizon to the position of the sighting.
Unit of Measure: reticles
Allowed Values: 0 - 20

RADIALDIST_NM

CC ID: 227306
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings in nm.
Unit of Measure: nm
Allowed Values: 0 - 8

DISTANCE_KM

CC ID: 227307
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings in km.
Unit of Measure: nm
Allowed Values: 0 - 8

MMDIRECTION

CC ID: 227308
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (straight ahead is 0).
Unit of Measure: deg relative to ships bow
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

MMSPEED

CC ID: 227309
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The estimated travel speed of the animal.
Unit of Measure: miles/hr
Allowed Values: 0 - infinity

SPECIESCODE

CC ID: 227310
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The species code
Allowed Values: Codeset: Species code

SPECIESNAME

CC ID: 227311
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The genus and species name of the sighting
Allowed Values: Genus and species name of sighted animal

BESTGSIZ

CC ID: 227312
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The best estimation of the group size.
Unit of Measure: animal
Allowed Values: 1 - 85

HIGHGSIZ

CC ID: 227313
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The highest possible count of group size.
Unit of Measure: animal
Allowed Values: 1 - 100

LOWGSIZ

CC ID: 227314
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The lowest possible count of the group size.
Unit of Measure: animal
Allowed Values: 1 - 70

SIGHTDECLAT

CC ID: 227315
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Estimated latitude calculated from angle and distance.
Unit of Measure: Decimal degrees
Allowed Values: 53.38 - 64.379

SIGHTDECLONG

CC ID: 227316
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Estimated longitude calculated from angle and distance.
Unit of Measure: Decimal degrees
Allowed Values: -162.308 - -171.144

PERPDIST

CC ID: 227317
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The perpendicular distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings.
Unit of Measure: nm
Allowed Values: 0 - 5

DISTDOWNTRACK

CC ID: 227318
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The cosine of the angle (in radians) of the sighting multiplied bt the radial distance.
Unit of Measure: nm
Allowed Values: 0 - 7.5

COMMENTS

CC ID: 227319
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Observer comments
Allowed Values: No domain defined.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 26056
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26056
Metadata Record Created By: Janice Waite
Metadata Record Created: 2015-07-21 18:19+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-11-30
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-11-30
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-11-30