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SEAK vessel 06 07 10 11 12

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:32104  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Entity Info
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Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

csv file that contains survey effort and sighting data

Description

csv file that contains survey effort and sighting data

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data File

Data Attribute / Type Description
control_line
Unknown 		Line number of data
On.Off
Unknown 		Survey effort: a dot indicated on effort; blank indicates off effort
EVENT
VARCHAR2 		A label identifying the type of event that the line of data represents
TIME
NUMBER 		Time of day that event occurred in Alaska Standard Time
DATE
NUMBER 		The date of data collection
LATITUDE
NUMBER 		Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz
LONGITUDE
NUMBER 		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
LEFTOBS
Unknown 		code of left observer
RECORDER
Unknown 		code of recorder
RIGHTOBS
Unknown 		code of right observer
BEAUFORT
NUMBER 		The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch
SWELLHEIGHT
NUMBER 		The height of the swell, estimated by observers with reference to the ship personnel
SWELLDIR
NUMBER 		The direction of the swell estimated by the observers using the compass repeater (true bearing as opposed to magnetic)
TEMP
Unknown 		No data
WINDSPEED
NUMBER 		The speed of the wind estimated by the observers with reference to the ship personnel
SHIPCOURSE
NUMBER 		The direction of the ships heading obtained from the GPS
SHSPEED
NUMBER 		The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS
FOGRAIN
VARCHAR2 		A value determined by the observers to indicate whether there was rain, fog, rain and fog, or no rain or fog
HORIZSUN
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
VERTSUN
NUMBER 		An estimate of the vertical angle of the sun, with the suns position seen as the hours on a clock from 12 to 3 where 12 is straight overhead and 3 is on the horizon.
WINDDIR
NUMBER 		An esimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north made by observers with reference to the compass repeater (true direction as opposed to magnetic).
VISIBILITY
NUMBER 		An assessment of how far observers can see from the ship taking haze and fog into account.
SIGHTNUMBER
Unknown 		A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz.
SIGHTOBS
VARCHAR 		The code number of the observer who made a sighting.
CUE
VARCHAR2 		The cue an observer used to make a sighting, such as blow, body or splash
SIGHTCODE
VARCHAR2 		Sighting method used at time of sighting, such as 25x or 7x binoculars or naked eye.
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.
RDIALDIST
NUMBER 		The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings.
MMDIRECTION
Unknown 		The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (straight ahead is 0) - not used.
MMSPEED
Unknown 		The estimated travel speed of the animal - not used.
SPECIESCODE
VARCHAR 		The species code
SCISPECIESNAME
Unknown 		The genus and species name of the sighting
BESTGSIZ
NUMBER 		The best estimation of the group size.
HIGHGSIZ
NUMBER 		The highest possible count of group size.
LOWGSIZ
NUMBER 		The lowest possible count of the group size.
COMMENTS
Unknown 		Comments

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Item Identification

Title: SEAK vessel 06 07 10 11 12
Short Name: SEAK vessel 06 07 10 11 12
Status: In Work
Abstract:

csv file that contains survey effort and sighting data
Notes:

Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 8489, 04-06-2016 15:37

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data File
Description:

csv file that contains survey effort and sighting data

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
 control_line Unknown Line number of data
N/A
 On.Off Unknown Survey effort: a dot indicated on effort; blank indicates off effort
N/A
 EVENT VARCHAR2 A label identifying the type of event that the line of data represents
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 NUMBER Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz
N/A
 LONGITUDE NUMBER 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
 LEFTOBS Unknown code of left observer
N/A
 RECORDER Unknown code of recorder
N/A
 RIGHTOBS Unknown code of right observer
N/A
 BEAUFORT NUMBER The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch
N/A
 SWELLHEIGHT NUMBER The height of the swell, estimated by observers with reference to the ship personnel
N/A
 SWELLDIR NUMBER The direction of the swell estimated by the observers using the compass repeater (true bearing as opposed to magnetic)
N/A
 TEMP Unknown No data
N/A
 WINDSPEED NUMBER The speed of the wind estimated by the observers with reference to the ship personnel
N/A
 SHIPCOURSE NUMBER The direction of the ships heading obtained from the GPS
N/A
 SHSPEED NUMBER The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS
N/A
 FOGRAIN VARCHAR2 A value determined by the observers to indicate whether there was rain, fog, rain and fog, or no rain or fog
N/A
 HORIZSUN 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
 VERTSUN NUMBER An estimate of the vertical angle of the sun, with the suns position seen as the hours on a clock from 12 to 3 where 12 is straight overhead and 3 is on the horizon.
N/A
 WINDDIR NUMBER An esimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north made by observers with reference to the compass repeater (true direction as opposed to magnetic).
N/A
 VISIBILITY NUMBER An assessment of how far observers can see from the ship taking haze and fog into account.
N/A
 SIGHTNUMBER Unknown A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz.
N/A
 SIGHTOBS VARCHAR The code number of the observer who made a sighting.
N/A
 CUE VARCHAR2 The cue an observer used to make a sighting, such as blow, body or splash
N/A
 SIGHTCODE VARCHAR2 Sighting method used at time of sighting, such as 25x or 7x binoculars or naked eye.
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
 RDIALDIST NUMBER The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings.
N/A
 MMDIRECTION Unknown The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (straight ahead is 0) - not used.
N/A
 MMSPEED Unknown The estimated travel speed of the animal - not used.
N/A
 SPECIESCODE VARCHAR The species code
N/A
 SCISPECIESNAME Unknown The genus and species name of the sighting
N/A
 BESTGSIZ NUMBER The best estimation of the group size.
N/A
 HIGHGSIZ NUMBER The highest possible count of group size.
N/A
 LOWGSIZ NUMBER The lowest possible count of the group size.
N/A
 COMMENTS Unknown Comments

Attribute Details

control_line

CC ID: 314714
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Line number of data
Allowed Values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

On.Off

CC ID: 314715
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Survey effort: a dot indicated on effort; blank indicates off effort

EVENT

CC ID: 314716
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A label identifying the type of event that the line of data represents
Allowed Values: B, R, E, P, V, N, W, C, S, s, *

TIME

CC ID: 314717
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time of day that event occurred in Alaska Standard Time
Unit of Measure: second
Allowed Values: 00:00:00 - 23:59:59

DATE

CC ID: 314718
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The date of data collection
Unit of Measure: day
Allowed Values: 20060501 - 20120712

LATITUDE

CC ID: 314719
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz
Unit of Measure: Deg decimal min: N54:24.17
Allowed Values: N54.40.65 - N58:54.68

LONGITUDE

CC ID: 314720
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by survey program Wincruz
Unit of Measure: Deg decimal min: W166:31.20
Allowed Values: W131:35.38 - W136.29.32

DLAT

CC ID: 314721
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude converted to decimal degrees
Unit of Measure: Decimal degrees
Allowed Values: 54.6775 - 58.911

DLONG

CC ID: 314722
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude converted to decimal degrees
Unit of Measure: Decimal degrees
Allowed Values: -136.489 - -131.59

LEFTOBS

CC ID: 314723
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

code of left observer

RECORDER

CC ID: 314724
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

code of recorder

RIGHTOBS

CC ID: 314725
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

code of right observer

BEAUFORT

CC ID: 314726
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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

SWELLHEIGHT

CC ID: 314727
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The height of the swell, estimated by observers with reference to the ship personnel
Unit of Measure: feet
Allowed Values: 0 - 5

SWELLDIR

CC ID: 314728
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The direction of the swell estimated by the observers using the compass repeater (true bearing as opposed to magnetic)
Unit of Measure: degree relative to true N
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

TEMP

CC ID: 314729
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

No data

WINDSPEED

CC ID: 314730
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The speed of the wind estimated by the observers with reference to the ship personnel
Unit of Measure: knots
Allowed Values: 0 - 35

SHIPCOURSE

CC ID: 314731
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The direction of the ships heading obtained from the GPS
Unit of Measure: degree relative to true N
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

SHSPEED

CC ID: 314732
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS
Unit of Measure: knots
Allowed Values: 0 - 14.3

FOGRAIN

CC ID: 314733
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A value determined by the observers to indicate whether there was rain, fog, rain and fog, or no rain or fog
Allowed Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

HORIZSUN

CC ID: 314734
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
Unit of Measure: clock hrs rel. to ships bow
Allowed Values: 1 - 12

VERTSUN

CC ID: 314735
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An estimate of the vertical angle of the sun, with the suns position seen as the hours on a clock from 12 to 3 where 12 is straight overhead and 3 is on the horizon.
Unit of Measure: integer
Allowed Values: 1 - 12

WINDDIR

CC ID: 314736
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An esimate of the direction of the wind relative to true north made by observers with reference to the compass repeater (true direction as opposed to magnetic).
Unit of Measure: degree relative to true N
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

VISIBILITY

CC ID: 314737
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

An assessment of how far observers can see from the ship taking haze and fog into account.
Unit of Measure: mile
Allowed Values: 0 - 6.0

SIGHTNUMBER

CC ID: 314738
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: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

SIGHTOBS

CC ID: 314739
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The code number of the observer who made a sighting.
Allowed Values: Codeset: Observer numbers

CUE

CC ID: 314740
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The cue an observer used to make a sighting, such as blow, body or splash
Allowed Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

SIGHTCODE

CC ID: 314741
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sighting method used at time of sighting, such as 25x or 7x binoculars or naked eye.
Allowed Values: 2, 4, 1

ANGLE

CC ID: 314742
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).
Unit of Measure: degree of seighting relative to ships bow
Allowed Values: 0 - 359

RETICLE

CC ID: 314743
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.
Unit of Measure: reticles
Allowed Values: 0 - 19

RDIALDIST

CC ID: 314744
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.
Unit of Measure: nm
Allowed Values: 0 - 6.32

MMDIRECTION

CC ID: 314745
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (straight ahead is 0) - not used.

MMSPEED

CC ID: 314746
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The estimated travel speed of the animal - not used.

SPECIESCODE

CC ID: 314747
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The species code
Allowed Values: Codeset: Species code

SCISPECIESNAME

CC ID: 314748
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The genus and species name of the sighting
Allowed Values: Genus and species name of sighted animal

BESTGSIZ

CC ID: 314749
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The best estimation of the group size.
Unit of Measure: animal
Allowed Values: 0 - 50

HIGHGSIZ

CC ID: 314750
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The highest possible count of group size.
Unit of Measure: animal
Allowed Values: 0 - 60

LOWGSIZ

CC ID: 314751
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The lowest possible count of the group size.
Unit of Measure: animal
Allowed Values: 0 - 50

COMMENTS

CC ID: 314752
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Comments

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 32104
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:32104
Metadata Record Created By: Janice Waite
Metadata Record Created: 2016-04-06 15:37+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-11-30
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-11-30
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-11-30