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Title: Sightings_master
Short Name: Sightings_master
Status: In Work
Abstract:

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Notes:

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Entity Information

Description:

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Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
Record_number NUMBER Unique identification number assigned to every sighting form upon entry into the database
100
Species_code Unknown Genus and species of marine mammal identified (first letter represents genus, second letter represents species). See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Date NUMBER Sequence: year/month/day
100
Yr NUMBER Year
100
Month NUMBER Month
100
Day NUMBER Day
100
Time NUMBER Hour: Minute: Second- local time using a 24 hour clock. This is the time when the animal is first seen.
100
TZ_+_- Unknown Plus or minus to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
100
Time_Zone NUMBER Current time zone- integer offset of hours to GMT
100
Long NUMBER Longitude written in decimal degrees (DD). Postive longitudes are east of the Prime Meridian and negative longitudes are west of the Prime Meridian
100
Lat NUMBER Latitude written in decimal degrees (DD). Positive latitudes are north of the equator and negative latitudes are south of the equator
100
Latd NUMBER Latitude in degrees
100
Latm NUMBER Latitude in minutes
100
Lats NUMBER Latitude in seconds
100
Lath Unknown Latitude Hemisphere: N = North, S = South
100
Longd NUMBER Longitude in degrees
100
Longm NUMBER Longitude in minutes
100
Longs NUMBER Longitude in seconds
100
Longh Unknown Longitude Hemisphere: E= East, W = West
100
Beaufort NUMBER Sea and wind state using Beaufort scale. See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Water_Temperature_+_- Unknown Negative or positive degrees celsius
100
Water_Temperature NUMBER Water temperature integer in celsius
100
Closest_Approach NUMBER Estimation of distance the platform was from the marine mammal sighting. Measured and recorded in meters.
100
Best_Number_Sighted NUMBER The best estimation of the number of individual marine mammals sighted within one grouping. This would be for the same species, and example would be a pod of killer whales
100
Minimum_Number_Sighted NUMBER The best estimation of the minimum number of individual marine mammals seen.
100
Maximum_Number_Sighted NUMBER The best estimation of the maximum number of individual marine mammals seen.
100
Confidence_interval NUMBER No longer collected. Replaced by Reliabilty Rating codes. See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list of previously used confidence intervals
100
Number_sighted NUMBER No longer collected. Replaced by Best Number Sighted.
100
Observer_Last_Name Unknown The last name of the observer
100
Sighting_Platform NUMBER The platform the observation was made from: 1 = ship, 2 = aircraft, 3 = ice station, 4 = shore station
100
Ship_Identifier NUMBER A unique identification number assigned to observatation platforms that have or will submit data with some frequency. See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Cruise_number Unknown A unique identification number assigned to cruises that have North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program (NPGOP) observers onboard
100
Vessel_code Unknown A unique identification number for vessels within the NPGOP
100
New_Visibility Unknown Current visibility code: X = Excellent, G = Good, F = Fair, P = Poor
100
OldVis NUMBER No longer collected- replaced by new visibility code. Old Visibility code: 1 = Excellent, 2 = Very good, 3 = Good, 4 = Fair, 5 = Poor, 6 = Unacceptable
100
Reliability_Rating Unknown The observers confidence in the species reported: S = Sure, L = Likely, N = Not possible, U = Unsure
100
Tentative? Unknown No longer collected. Replaced by reliability rating. T = Tentative, (blank) = Not tentative. A T was placed in this column if the observer was unsure about the species reported.
100
Sighting_Cue NUMBER See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Behavior_1 NUMBER See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Behavior_2 NUMBER See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Behavior_3 NUMBER See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Behavior_4 NUMBER See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Behavior_5 NUMBER See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Behavior_6 NUMBER See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Behavior_7 NUMBER See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Behavior_8 NUMBER See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.
100
Photos_or_Video? Unknown Identification of any photos or videos taken of the species reported
100
Roll_Number Unknown Film roll number
100
Frame_Numbers Unknown Film/digital frame number
100
Body_length_code Unknown Length of species: 1 = less than 3 meters, 2 = 3 - 8 meters, 3 = 8 - 16 meters, 4 = 16 - 26 meters, 5 = greater than 26 meters
100
Multi_species_encounter Unknown Checked if multiple species were encountered together
100
Comments Unknown Space for the obsever to provide more information regarding the sighting
100
Sketch Unknown Checked if a sketch of the species was provided by the observer
100
Silhouettes Unknown Checked if a silhouette of the species was circled. Common marine mammal surface silhouettes are provided on the back to help evaluators confirm the species reported
100
Missing? Unknown Used in the quality control process.
100
Record_ID NUMBER No longer created.
100
Angle_from_bow NUMBER No longer collected. Relative angle (360 degree circle with bow at 000) that animal was initially sighted at.
100
IDIST_10s_of_meters NUMBER Initial sighting distance convereted to 10's of meters- no longer collected. Replaced by closest approach measurement.
100
Flag_beginning_end_transit NUMBER No longer collected. Flag disignating beginning or ending of transit.
100
Land_hits Unknown Used in the quality control process.
100
Ba_ data Unknown Used in the quality control process.
100
Sighting_form Unknown Sighting form used. Most recent edition: POP: ver. XII. 97
100
Duplicates Unknown Used in the quality control process.
100
Edits Unknown Used in the quality control process.
100
Entry_Time Unknown Time and date the data was entered into the database.
100
Coder Unknown Name of individual who entered the data into the database.

Attribute Details

Record_number

CC ID: 213075
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique identification number assigned to every sighting form upon entry into the database

Allowed Values: 1 - 108804

Species_code

CC ID: 213076
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Genus and species of marine mammal identified (first letter represents genus, second letter represents species). See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: unknown

Date

CC ID: 213077
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sequence: year/month/day

Allowed Values: 195802050000 - 201405300000

Yr

CC ID: 213078
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Year

Allowed Values: 1958 - 1999

Month

CC ID: 213079
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Month

Allowed Values: 0 - 12

Day

CC ID: 213080
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Day

Allowed Values: 0 - 31

Time

CC ID: 213081
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Hour: Minute: Second- local time using a 24 hour clock. This is the time when the animal is first seen.

Allowed Values: 0 - 2359

TZ_+_-

CC ID: 213082
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Plus or minus to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Allowed Values: unknown

Time_Zone

CC ID: 213083
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Current time zone- integer offset of hours to GMT

Allowed Values: 0 - 24

Long

CC ID: 213084
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude written in decimal degrees (DD). Postive longitudes are east of the Prime Meridian and negative longitudes are west of the Prime Meridian

Allowed Values: -180 - 180

Lat

CC ID: 213085
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude written in decimal degrees (DD). Positive latitudes are north of the equator and negative latitudes are south of the equator

Allowed Values: -78.2583333333333 - 83.3533333333333

Latd

CC ID: 213086
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude in degrees

Allowed Values: 0 - 83

Latm

CC ID: 213087
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude in minutes

Allowed Values: 0 - 93

Lats

CC ID: 213088
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude in seconds

Allowed Values: 0 - 9

Lath

CC ID: 213089
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude Hemisphere: N = North, S = South

Allowed Values: unknown

Longd

CC ID: 213090
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude in degrees

Allowed Values: 1 - 180

Longm

CC ID: 213091
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude in minutes

Allowed Values: 0 - 110

Longs

CC ID: 213092
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude in seconds

Allowed Values: 0 - 9

Longh

CC ID: 213093
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude Hemisphere: E= East, W = West

Allowed Values: unknown

Beaufort

CC ID: 213094
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sea and wind state using Beaufort scale. See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 0 - 11

Water_Temperature_+_-

CC ID: 213095
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Negative or positive degrees celsius

Allowed Values: unknown

Water_Temperature

CC ID: 213096
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Water temperature integer in celsius

Allowed Values: 0 - 610

Closest_Approach

CC ID: 213097
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Estimation of distance the platform was from the marine mammal sighting. Measured and recorded in meters.

Allowed Values: 0 - 10502

Best_Number_Sighted

CC ID: 213098
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The best estimation of the number of individual marine mammals sighted within one grouping. This would be for the same species, and example would be a pod of killer whales

Allowed Values: 0 - 2000

Minimum_Number_Sighted

CC ID: 213099
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The best estimation of the minimum number of individual marine mammals seen.

Allowed Values: 0 - 5000

Maximum_Number_Sighted

CC ID: 213100
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The best estimation of the maximum number of individual marine mammals seen.

Allowed Values: 0 - 3000

Confidence_interval

CC ID: 213101
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No longer collected. Replaced by Reliabilty Rating codes. See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list of previously used confidence intervals

Allowed Values: 0 - 9

Number_sighted

CC ID: 213102
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No longer collected. Replaced by Best Number Sighted.

Allowed Values: 0 - 9999

Observer_Last_Name

CC ID: 213103
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The last name of the observer

Allowed Values: unknown

Sighting_Platform

CC ID: 213104
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The platform the observation was made from: 1 = ship, 2 = aircraft, 3 = ice station, 4 = shore station

Allowed Values: 1 - 4

Ship_Identifier

CC ID: 213105
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A unique identification number assigned to observatation platforms that have or will submit data with some frequency. See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 1 - 999

Cruise_number

CC ID: 213106
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A unique identification number assigned to cruises that have North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program (NPGOP) observers onboard

Allowed Values: unknown

Vessel_code

CC ID: 213107
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A unique identification number for vessels within the NPGOP

Allowed Values: unknown

New_Visibility

CC ID: 213108
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Current visibility code: X = Excellent, G = Good, F = Fair, P = Poor

Allowed Values: unknown

OldVis

CC ID: 213109
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No longer collected- replaced by new visibility code. Old Visibility code: 1 = Excellent, 2 = Very good, 3 = Good, 4 = Fair, 5 = Poor, 6 = Unacceptable

Allowed Values: 0 - 9

Reliability_Rating

CC ID: 213110
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The observers confidence in the species reported: S = Sure, L = Likely, N = Not possible, U = Unsure

Allowed Values: unknown

Tentative?

CC ID: 213111
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No longer collected. Replaced by reliability rating. T = Tentative, (blank) = Not tentative. A T was placed in this column if the observer was unsure about the species reported.

Allowed Values: unknown

Sighting_Cue

CC ID: 213112
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 0 - 148

Behavior_1

CC ID: 213113
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 0 - 529

Behavior_2

CC ID: 213114
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 1 - 810

Behavior_3

CC ID: 213115
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 2 - 910

Behavior_4

CC ID: 213116
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 1 - 151

Behavior_5

CC ID: 213117
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 2 - 183

Behavior_6

CC ID: 213118
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 4 - 152

Behavior_7

CC ID: 213119
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 5 - 152

Behavior_8

CC ID: 213120
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

See NOAA Technical Memoradum NMFS F/NWC-159 for a detailed list.

Allowed Values: 28 - 140

Photos_or_Video?

CC ID: 213121
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Identification of any photos or videos taken of the species reported

Allowed Values: unknown

Roll_Number

CC ID: 213122
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Film roll number

Allowed Values: unknown

Frame_Numbers

CC ID: 213123
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Film/digital frame number

Allowed Values: unknown

Body_length_code

CC ID: 213124
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length of species: 1 = less than 3 meters, 2 = 3 - 8 meters, 3 = 8 - 16 meters, 4 = 16 - 26 meters, 5 = greater than 26 meters

Allowed Values: unknown

Multi_species_encounter

CC ID: 213125
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Checked if multiple species were encountered together

Allowed Values: unknown

Comments

CC ID: 213126
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Space for the obsever to provide more information regarding the sighting

Allowed Values: unknown

Sketch

CC ID: 213127
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Checked if a sketch of the species was provided by the observer

Allowed Values: unknown

Silhouettes

CC ID: 213128
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Checked if a silhouette of the species was circled. Common marine mammal surface silhouettes are provided on the back to help evaluators confirm the species reported

Allowed Values: unknown

Missing?

CC ID: 213129
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Used in the quality control process.

Allowed Values: unknown

Record_ID

CC ID: 213130
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No longer created.

Allowed Values: 93264 - 1294285

Angle_from_bow

CC ID: 213131
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No longer collected. Relative angle (360 degree circle with bow at 000) that animal was initially sighted at.

Allowed Values: 0 - 360

IDIST_10s_of_meters

CC ID: 213132
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Initial sighting distance convereted to 10's of meters- no longer collected. Replaced by closest approach measurement.

Allowed Values: 0 - 999

Flag_beginning_end_transit

CC ID: 213133
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No longer collected. Flag disignating beginning or ending of transit.

Allowed Values: 1 - 2

Land_hits

CC ID: 213134
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Used in the quality control process.

Allowed Values: unknown

Ba_ data

CC ID: 213135
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Used in the quality control process.

Allowed Values: unknown

Sighting_form

CC ID: 213136
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sighting form used. Most recent edition: POP: ver. XII. 97

Allowed Values: unknown

Duplicates

CC ID: 213137
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Used in the quality control process.

Allowed Values: unknown

Edits

CC ID: 213138
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Used in the quality control process.

Allowed Values: unknown

Entry_Time

CC ID: 213139
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time and date the data was entered into the database.

Allowed Values: unknown

Coder

CC ID: 213140
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Name of individual who entered the data into the database.

Allowed Values: unknown

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 26377
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26377
Metadata Record Created By: Janice Waite
Metadata Record Created: 2015-08-12 16:53+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