AFSC/NMML Location-only satellite telemetry data for gray whales in the Bering and Chukchi Sea, 2012-2013

Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Data Set (DS) | ID: 28151 | Published / External
Created: 2015-10-23   |   Last Modified: 2025-05-15

Parent: Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program
Project (PRJ) | ID: 23107

ID: 28151
Data Set (DS)

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Item Identification

* » Title AFSC/NMML Location-only satellite telemetry data for gray whales in the Bering and Chukchi Sea, 2012-2013
Short Name AFSC/NMML Location-only satellite telemetry data for gray whales in the Bering and Chukchi Sea, 2012-2013
* Status Completed
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• Publication Date 2015
* » Abstract

This dataset contains ARGOS location data (latitude and longitude in decimal format) and associated time (date and time) and location quality (as defined by Argos System, www.argos-system.org) information. Data were collected using Wildlife Computers PTT-only SPOT 5 and Archival Mk10A satellite transmitters and PTT identification is also provided with the data. Satellite transmitters were deployed on gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in the Chukchi Sea.
* Purpose

These data were collected to monitor movements of gray whales using satellite telemetry
Notes

Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 7418, 10-23-2015 19:15

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Keywords

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ISO 19115 Topic Category biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans
None Satellite Telemetry
   
   
   

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None spring 2013
None summer 2012
   
   
   

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Physical Location

• » Organization National Marine Mammal Laboratory
• » City Seattle
• » State/Province WA
• Country United States
• » Location Description

Data Set Information

* Data Set Scope Code Data Set
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• Maintenance Frequency As Needed
Maintenance Note
» Data Presentation Form Table (digital)
• Entity Attribute Overview

The dataset contains location data (latitude and longitude) of gray whales satellite tagged in the Chukchi sea in 2012 and 2013. The location data contains five columns labeled latitude, longitude, time.utc, ptt.id, lq. Details of the column contents are described under Detailed Descriptions of the metadata
Entity Attribute Detail Citation

Metadata Detailed Descriptions
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Distribution Liability

The metadata contains location data for gray whales tagged with satellite transmitters between 2012 and 2013. Care should be taken to understand the elements in the metadata record and the distributor shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data. If assistance is needed, contact the distributor.
Data Set Credit Funding for this study was provided by the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (former United States Minerals Management Service).

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» At least one Distributor Org, one Metadata Contact, one Point of Contact, and one Data Steward should be listed.
* » Support Role Data Steward
* » Date Effective From 2012
Date Effective To
Person Kennedy, Amy
Email Address amy.kennedy@noaa.gov
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* » Date Effective From 2015
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Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address ncei.info@noaa.gov
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URL https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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* » Support Role Originator
* » Date Effective From 2015-10-23
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Person Kennedy, Amy
Email Address amy.kennedy@noaa.gov
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* » Support Role Originator
* » Date Effective From 2015-10-23
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Person Zerbini, Alexandre
Email Address alex.zerbini@noaa.gov
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* » Support Role Originator
* » Date Effective From 2015-10-23
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Person Clapham, Phillip
Email Address phillip.clapham@noaa.gov
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* » Support Role Point of Contact
* » Date Effective From 2015-10-23
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Person Angliss, Robyn
Address 7600 Sand Point Way, NE
Seattle, WA 98115-6349
Email Address robyn.angliss@noaa.gov
Phone 206-526-4032
Fax 206-526-6615
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Currentness Reference observed

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* » W° Bound -175.14
* » E° Bound -152.5
* » N° Bound 71.157
* » S° Bound 62.862
* » Description

Chukchi Sea and northern Bering Sea continental shelf, slope and basin

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* » Start 2012-08
End 2013-10
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Access Information

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* » Security Class Unclassified
* Security Classification System
Security Handling Description
• Data Access Policy
» Data Access Procedure

Data is available at NCEI: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0139361
• » Data Access Constraints

There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed.
• Data Use Constraints

User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data is suggested.
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Distribution Information

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» Download URL https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0139361
Distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2015 - Present)
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Description

File contains satellite telemetry location data for gray whales.
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LQ Z and LQ removed by the argosfilter package were removed from the data. No duplicate features are present in the dataset
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» Quality Control Procedures Employed

Attribute accuracy is provided in the Location Quality (LQ) field. The current dataset has 6 LQ levels. Tagging is the GPS location where a satelitte transmitter was deployed and has GPS precision. The accuracy of remaining LQ levels are as defined by Argos Service and are classified in different classes of decreasing accuracy in the following order: 3, 2, 1, 0, A, B, and Z. LQs 3, 2, 1, and 0 have estimated accuracies of 150, 350, 1,000, and greater than;1,000 m. LQs A, B, and Z have no estimated location accuracy. LC Z are points for which the location process failed and were not included in the present dataset.

Data Management

» Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified? No
» 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  
» Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination Unknown
» 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 NCEI-MD
» Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving Unknown
» How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?

IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions, operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Western Regional Support Center in Seattle, Washington, following a disruption.

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Sources

Citation Title Argos users manual
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Contact Name Argos
Publish Date 1990-01-01
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Extent Start Date/Time 2009-08-01
Extent End Date/Time 2013-10-31
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Process Steps

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» Description

Satellite transmitters were attached to the body of gray whales using a pneumatic delivery system. Whales were tagged with the implantable configuration of the SPOT 5 and MK10A transmitters produced by Wildlife Computers (Redmond, WA). Transmitters were duty-cycled to optimize data collection in the feeding grounds and for maximizing tag longevity. Location-only tags (SPOT5) were programmed to transmit every day for 6 hours during daytime and 6 hours during night time. One archival tag (Mk10A) was programmed to sample and transmitter between 1 and 22hs every day from 1 September to 1 November and every second day afterwards. Histogram data sampling was enabled to sample maximum dive depth and time at depth in 14 bins (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350 and >350m), and dive duration in 9 bins (2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and >35 minutes). Time series messages were enabled with sampling intervals of 75 seconds every day for the first 30 days and every second day afterwards). Satellite tags were monitored by Argos Data Collection and Location Service receivers on NOAA TIROS-N weather satellites in sun-synchronous polar orbits. Locations were calculated by Argos from Doppler-shift data when multiple messages were received during a satellites passage overhead. Argos codes locations in quality classes (LQ) labeled B, A, 0, 1, 2, 3, in order of increasing accuracy. Argos locations were processed using the software R. The SDA Argos filter (Freitas et al., 2008) was applied to all location qualities in software R in order to remove locations that implied unlikely deviations from the tracks path as well as unrealistic travel rates. This filter requires two main parameters: turning angles and maximum speed of travel. The default value of turning angles (Freitas et al., 2008) was used and the maximum speed was assumed to be 18km/h. Distances between filtered locations were calculated assuming a great circle route.
Process Date/Time 2014-01-01 00:00:00
Process Contact Zerbini, Alexandre
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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID 28151
Metadata Record Created By Janice Waite
Metadata Record Created 2015-10-23 19:14+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By SysAdmin InPortAdmin
» Metadata Record Last Modified 2025-05-15 19:15+0000
Metadata Record Published 2018-11-27
Owner Org AFSC
Metadata Publication Status Published Externally
Do Not Publish? N
Metadata Workflow State Published / External
Metadata Last Review Date 2018-11-27
Metadata Review Frequency 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date 2019-11-27
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