North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (NARWSS)
Data Set (DS) | Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:27526 | Updated: April 10, 2023 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (NARWSS) |
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Short Name: | NARWSS |
Status: | Completed |
Abstract: |
Since 1995, PSB has been conducting line-transect aerial abundance surveys over waters ranging from North Carolina to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Nova Scotia, Canada, and from the coastline to slightly beyond the EEZ. |
Purpose: |
The purpose of the aerial surveys is to document right whale distribution and habitat use. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | aerial survey |
None | Eubalaena glacialis |
None | North Atlantic right whale |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Western North Atlantic |
Physical Location
Organization: | NEFSC Woods Hole Lab |
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City: | Woods Hole |
State/Province: | MA |
Country: | USA |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Data Set Type: | Oracle Database |
Maintenance Frequency: | Twice a Year |
Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2014 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Khan, Christin |
Email Address: | christin.khan@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 508-495-2040 |
Contact Instructions: |
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Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2011 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Khan, Christin |
Email Address: | christin.khan@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 508-495-2040 |
Contact Instructions: |
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Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2014 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Khan, Christin |
Email Address: | christin.khan@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 508-495-2040 |
Contact Instructions: |
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Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2012 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Cole, Timothy |
Address: |
166 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026 USA |
Email Address: | tim.cole@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 508-495-2087 |
Fax: | 508-495-2258 |
Contact Instructions: |
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Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2012 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Khan, Christin |
Email Address: | christin.khan@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 508-495-2040 |
Contact Instructions: |
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Extents
Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -79 | |
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E° Bound: | -65 | |
N° Bound: | 47 | |
S° Bound: | 35 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Continuing |
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Start: | 1998 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Access Procedure: |
Please contact Point of Contact via email for data access. |
Data Access Constraints: |
Requester must have network access for direct query of the data. |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/READ/PSB/27526 |
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Distributor: | |
Description: |
2 files: NARWSS-ALL-THRU-2015.xlsx Data File Data Field Codes.docx Documentation for coded fields |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/index.html |
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Description: |
Interactive North Atlantic Right Whale Sightings Map |
URL 2
URL: | http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513 |
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Name: | OBIS Seamap |
Description: |
The North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey (NARWSS) is a NOAA Fisheries program which locates and records the seasonal distribution of right whales off the northeastern United States. |
Data Quality
Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
Data are visually inspected for errors. |
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Data Management
Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | Yes |
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Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | Unknown |
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: | to be determined |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | 6 months |
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | To Be Determined |
If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain: |
Data are archived locally and also submitted to Right Whale Consortium. |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | 0-6 months |
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
Data are stored on NEFSC servers which are backed up with remote storage. |
Lineage
Lineage Statement: |
Data are collected by observers on right whale aerial surveys and entered into on-board laptop computers. |
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Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 27526 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:27526 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Patricia L Jones |
Metadata Record Created: | 2015-09-27 20:15+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Michael Armbruster |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-04-10 19:52+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2017-04-07 |
Owner Org: | NEFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2017-04-07 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2018-04-07 |