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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

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

	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

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