North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (NARWSS)
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Data Set
(DS)
| ID: 27526
| Published / External
Created: 2015-09-27
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Last Modified: 2023-04-10
Project (PRJ) | ID: 23294
ID: 27526
Data Set (DS)
* Discovery• First Pass
» Metadata Rubric
Item Identification
* » Title | North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (NARWSS) |
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Short Name | NARWSS |
* Status | Completed |
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* » 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. |
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Keywords
Theme Keywords
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None | aerial survey |
None | Eubalaena glacialis |
None | North Atlantic right whale |
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None | Western North Atlantic |
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Physical Location
• » Organization | NEFSC Woods Hole Lab |
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• » City | Woods Hole |
• » State/Province | MA |
• Country | USA |
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Data Set Information
* Data Set Scope Code | Data Set |
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• Data Set Type | Oracle Database |
• Maintenance Frequency | Twice a Year |
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» Data Presentation Form | Table (digital) |
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Support Roles
* » Support Role | Data Steward |
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* » Date Effective From | 2014 |
Date Effective To | |
Person | Khan, Christin |
Email Address | christin.khan@noaa.gov |
Phone | 508-495-2040 |
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* » Support Role | Distributor |
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* » Date Effective From | 2011 |
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Person | Khan, Christin |
Email Address | christin.khan@noaa.gov |
Phone | 508-495-2040 |
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* » Date Effective From | 2014 |
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Person | Khan, Christin |
Email Address | christin.khan@noaa.gov |
Phone | 508-495-2040 |
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* » Support Role | Point of Contact |
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* » Date Effective From | 2012 |
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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 |
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* » Support Role | Point of Contact |
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* » Date Effective From | 2012 |
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Person | Khan, Christin |
Email Address | christin.khan@noaa.gov |
Phone | 508-495-2040 |
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Extents
Currentness Reference | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
* » W° Bound | -79 |
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* » E° Bound | -65 |
* » N° Bound | 47 |
* » S° Bound | 35 |
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* » Time Frame Type | Continuing |
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* » Start | 1998 |
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Access Information
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* » Security Class | Unclassified |
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• Data Access Policy | |
» 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. |
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Distribution Information
Start Date | |
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» Download URL | https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/READ/PSB/27526 |
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File Name | |
Description |
2 files: NARWSS-ALL-THRU-2015.xlsx Data File Data Field Codes.docx Documentation for coded fields |
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URLs
URL | http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/index.html |
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Interactive North Atlantic Right Whale Sightings Map |
URL | http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/513 |
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Name | OBIS Seamap |
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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. |
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» Quality Control Procedures Employed |
Data are visually inspected for errors. |
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 |
» If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed | |
» 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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Acquisition Information
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Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID | 27526 |
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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 Workflow State | Published / External |
Metadata Last Review Date | 2017-04-07 |
Metadata Review Frequency | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date | 2018-04-07 |
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