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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26277  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
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Entity Info
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

2002_2004MF

Description

2002_2004MF

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data File

Data Attribute / Type Description
CRUISE
Unknown 		Cruise name; e.g.06OL, where 06=year and OL=ship initials
LINE
NUMBER 		Line number of data
DOT
Unknown 		An indicator of on or eff effort: * = on effort, blank = off effort
EVENT
Unknown 		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 event occurred in Alaska Standard Time
DATE
NUMBER 		The date of data collection
LATITUDE
Unknown 		Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz
LONGITUDE
Unknown 		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
Unknown 		Indicates whether data line is on effort or off effort. ON = on effort, OFF = off effort
TRANSECT
NUMBER 		Transect number
BEAUFORT
NUMBER 		The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch
SWELL_HEIGHT
NUMBER 		The height of the swell, estimated by observers or obtained from bridge personnel
SWELL_DIR
NUMBER 		The direction of the swell estimated by the observers or obtained from bridge personnel
TEMP
NUMBER 		No data
WIND_SPEED
NUMBER 		wind speed
COURSE
NUMBER 		The heading of the ship obtained from the GPS
SHIPSPEED
NUMBER 		The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS or from bridge personnel
FOG_RAIN
NUMBER 		Rain or fog conditions (1=none, 2=fog, 3=rain, 4=both, 5=haze)
HOR_SUN
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
VERT_SUN
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
WIND_DIR
NUMBER 		An estimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north
VISIBILITY
NUMBER 		An estimate in nautical miles of how far observers can see taking haze and fog into account
OBSLEFT
Unknown 		Observer code of the left side (port) observer
OBSREC
Unknown 		Observer code of the recorder
OBSRIGHT
Unknown 		Observer code of the right side (starboard) observer
SIGHTNUM
Unknown 		A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz
OBS
Unknown 		Observer code of the observer who made a sighting
CUE
NUMBER 		The cue an observer used to make a sighting: 1=bird, 2=splash, 3= marine mammal, 4=ship, 6=blow
SIGHTCODE
NUMBER 		Sighting method used at time of sighting: 1=eye, 2=7x, 4=25x, 6=other
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 lens; measured from the horizon to the position of the sighting
RADIALDIST
NUMBER 		The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings
MDIR
NUMBER 		The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (with straight ahead equal to 0)(Not used)
MSPEED
Unknown 		The estimated travel speed of the animal (Not used)
SPECIESCODE
Unknown 		Species code: 22=Pacific white-sided dolphin, 37=killer whale, , 40=harbor porpoise, 44=Dalls porpoise, 46=sperm whale, 49=ziphiid whale, 70=unid balaenopterid, 71=minke whale, 74=fin whale, 76=humpback whale, 77=unid dolphin, 78=unid small whale, 79=unid large whale, 81=Stejnegers beaked whale, 95=unid rorqual, 96=unid cetacean, 98=unid whale, 477=unid porpoise, cu=northern fur seal, ua=unid fur seal, pu=unid pinniped
SPECIESNAME
Unknown 		The genus and species name of the sighting
COUNTBEST
NUMBER 		The best estimation of the group size
COUNTHIGH
NUMBER 		The highest estimated count of group size
COUNTLOW
NUMBER 		The lowest estimated count of the group size
SIGHTLAT
NUMBER 		Calculated latitude for the position of the sighting
SIGHTLONG
NUMBER 		Calculated longitude for the position of the sighting
COMMENT
Unknown 		Comment

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Title: csv file
Short Name: csv file
Status: Completed
Abstract:

2002_2004MF
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Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 6737, 08-06-2015 19:57

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data File
Description:

2002_2004MF

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
 CRUISE Unknown Cruise name; e.g.06OL, where 06=year and OL=ship initials
N/A
 LINE NUMBER Line number of data
N/A
 DOT Unknown An indicator of on or eff effort: * = on effort, blank = off effort
N/A
 EVENT Unknown 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 event occurred in Alaska Standard Time
N/A
 DATE NUMBER The date of data collection
N/A
 LATITUDE Unknown Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz
N/A
 LONGITUDE Unknown 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 Unknown Indicates whether data line is on effort or off effort. ON = on effort, OFF = off effort
N/A
 TRANSECT NUMBER Transect number
N/A
 BEAUFORT NUMBER The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch
N/A
 SWELL_HEIGHT NUMBER The height of the swell, estimated by observers or obtained from bridge personnel
N/A
 SWELL_DIR NUMBER The direction of the swell estimated by the observers or obtained from bridge personnel
N/A
 TEMP NUMBER No data
N/A
 WIND_SPEED NUMBER wind speed
N/A
 COURSE NUMBER The heading of the ship obtained from the GPS
N/A
 SHIPSPEED NUMBER The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS or from bridge personnel
N/A
 FOG_RAIN NUMBER Rain or fog conditions (1=none, 2=fog, 3=rain, 4=both, 5=haze)
N/A
 HOR_SUN 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
 VERT_SUN 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
 WIND_DIR NUMBER An estimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north
N/A
 VISIBILITY NUMBER An estimate in nautical miles of how far observers can see taking haze and fog into account
N/A
 OBSLEFT Unknown Observer code of the left side (port) observer
N/A
 OBSREC Unknown Observer code of the recorder
N/A
 OBSRIGHT Unknown Observer code of the right side (starboard) observer
N/A
 SIGHTNUM Unknown A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz
N/A
 OBS Unknown Observer code of the observer who made a sighting
N/A
 CUE NUMBER The cue an observer used to make a sighting: 1=bird, 2=splash, 3= marine mammal, 4=ship, 6=blow
N/A
 SIGHTCODE NUMBER Sighting method used at time of sighting: 1=eye, 2=7x, 4=25x, 6=other
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 lens; measured from the horizon to the position of the sighting
N/A
 RADIALDIST NUMBER The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings
N/A
 MDIR NUMBER The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (with straight ahead equal to 0)(Not used)
N/A
 MSPEED Unknown The estimated travel speed of the animal (Not used)
N/A
 SPECIESCODE Unknown Species code: 22=Pacific white-sided dolphin, 37=killer whale, , 40=harbor porpoise, 44=Dalls porpoise, 46=sperm whale, 49=ziphiid whale, 70=unid balaenopterid, 71=minke whale, 74=fin whale, 76=humpback whale, 77=unid dolphin, 78=unid small whale, 79=unid large whale, 81=Stejnegers beaked whale, 95=unid rorqual, 96=unid cetacean, 98=unid whale, 477=unid porpoise, cu=northern fur seal, ua=unid fur seal, pu=unid pinniped
N/A
 SPECIESNAME Unknown The genus and species name of the sighting
N/A
 COUNTBEST NUMBER The best estimation of the group size
N/A
 COUNTHIGH NUMBER The highest estimated count of group size
N/A
 COUNTLOW NUMBER The lowest estimated count of the group size
N/A
 SIGHTLAT NUMBER Calculated latitude for the position of the sighting
N/A
 SIGHTLONG NUMBER Calculated longitude for the position of the sighting
N/A
 COMMENT Unknown Comment

Attribute Details

CRUISE

CC ID: 218912
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Cruise name; e.g.06OL, where 06=year and OL=ship initials
Allowed Values: unknown

LINE

CC ID: 218913
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Line number of data
Allowed Values: 1 - 20625

DOT

CC ID: 218914
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An indicator of on or eff effort: * = on effort, blank = off effort
Allowed Values: unknown

EVENT

CC ID: 218915
Data Storage Type: Unknown
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: unknown

TIME

CC ID: 218916
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time of day that event occurred in Alaska Standard Time
Allowed Values: 6:59 - 23:59

DATE

CC ID: 218917
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The date of data collection
Allowed Values: 200206060000 - 200406300000

LATITUDE

CC ID: 218918
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz
Allowed Values: unknown

LONGITUDE

CC ID: 218919
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by survey program Wincruz
Allowed Values: unknown

DLAT

CC ID: 218920
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude converted to decimal degrees
Allowed Values: 53.943 - 61.912

DLONG

CC ID: 218921
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude converted to decimal degrees
Allowed Values: -178.617 - -153.451

EFFDIST

CC ID: 218922
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
Allowed Values: 0 - 6.921

ONOFF

CC ID: 218923
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicates whether data line is on effort or off effort. ON = on effort, OFF = off effort
Allowed Values: unknown

TRANSECT

CC ID: 218924
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Transect number
Allowed Values: 0 - 0

BEAUFORT

CC ID: 218925
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch
Allowed Values: 0 - 6

SWELL_HEIGHT

CC ID: 218926
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The height of the swell, estimated by observers or obtained from bridge personnel
Allowed Values: -1 - 12

SWELL_DIR

CC ID: 218927
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The direction of the swell estimated by the observers or obtained from bridge personnel
Allowed Values: -1 - 355

TEMP

CC ID: 218928
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No data
Allowed Values: -1 - 3

WIND_SPEED

CC ID: 218929
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

wind speed
Allowed Values: -1 - 24

COURSE

CC ID: 218930
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The heading of the ship obtained from the GPS
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

SHIPSPEED

CC ID: 218931
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS or from bridge personnel
Allowed Values: 0 - 15

FOG_RAIN

CC ID: 218932
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Rain or fog conditions (1=none, 2=fog, 3=rain, 4=both, 5=haze)
Allowed Values: 0 - 5

HOR_SUN

CC ID: 218933
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
Allowed Values: -1 - 12

VERT_SUN

CC ID: 218934
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
Allowed Values: -1 - 4

WIND_DIR

CC ID: 218935
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An estimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north
Allowed Values: -1 - 357

VISIBILITY

CC ID: 218936
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An estimate in nautical miles of how far observers can see taking haze and fog into account
Allowed Values: -1 - 7

OBSLEFT

CC ID: 218937
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Observer code of the left side (port) observer

OBSREC

CC ID: 218938
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Observer code of the recorder

OBSRIGHT

CC ID: 218939
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Observer code of the right side (starboard) observer

SIGHTNUM

CC ID: 218940
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: unknown

OBS

CC ID: 218941
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Observer code of the observer who made a sighting
Allowed Values: unknown

CUE

CC ID: 218942
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The cue an observer used to make a sighting: 1=bird, 2=splash, 3= marine mammal, 4=ship, 6=blow
Allowed Values: 1 - 6

SIGHTCODE

CC ID: 218943
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sighting method used at time of sighting: 1=eye, 2=7x, 4=25x, 6=other
Allowed Values: 1 - 4

ANGLE

CC ID: 218944
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)
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

RETICLE

CC ID: 218945
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The number of reticles on the binocular lens; measured from the horizon to the position of the sighting
Allowed Values: 0 - 9.5

RADIALDIST

CC ID: 218946
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
Allowed Values: 0.01 - 6.674

MDIR

CC ID: 218947
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 (with straight ahead equal to 0)(Not used)
Allowed Values: 1 - 360

MSPEED

CC ID: 218948
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The estimated travel speed of the animal (Not used)
Allowed Values: unknown

SPECIESCODE

CC ID: 218949
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Species code: 22=Pacific white-sided dolphin, 37=killer whale, , 40=harbor porpoise, 44=Dalls porpoise, 46=sperm whale, 49=ziphiid whale, 70=unid balaenopterid, 71=minke whale, 74=fin whale, 76=humpback whale, 77=unid dolphin, 78=unid small whale, 79=unid large whale, 81=Stejnegers beaked whale, 95=unid rorqual, 96=unid cetacean, 98=unid whale, 477=unid porpoise, cu=northern fur seal, ua=unid fur seal, pu=unid pinniped
Allowed Values: unknown

SPECIESNAME

CC ID: 218950
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The genus and species name of the sighting
Allowed Values: unknown

COUNTBEST

CC ID: 218951
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The best estimation of the group size
Allowed Values: 1 - 450

COUNTHIGH

CC ID: 218952
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The highest estimated count of group size
Allowed Values: 1 - 550

COUNTLOW

CC ID: 218953
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The lowest estimated count of the group size
Allowed Values: 1 - 250

SIGHTLAT

CC ID: 218954
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Calculated latitude for the position of the sighting
Allowed Values: 54.003 - 61.821

SIGHTLONG

CC ID: 218955
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Calculated longitude for the position of the sighting
Allowed Values: -153.677 - -178.471

COMMENT

CC ID: 218956
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Comment
Allowed Values: unknown

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 26277
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26277
Metadata Record Created By: Janice Waite
Metadata Record Created: 2015-08-06 19:57+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-11-27
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-11-27
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-11-27