32104 SEAK vessel 06 07 10 11 12 Entity Published / External 17370 AFSC/NMML: Southeast Alaska Cetacean Vessel Surveys, 1991 - 2012 Data Set In Work csv file that contains survey effort and sighting data Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 8489, 04-06-2016 15:37 Data File csv file that contains survey effort and sighting data ANGLE NUMBER No No Active The angle to the sighting relative to the bow of the ship (0 deg). degree of seighting relative to ships bow 0 - 359 control_line Unknown No No Active Line number of data Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. BESTGSIZ NUMBER No No Active The best estimation of the group size. animal 0 - 50 COMMENTS Unknown No No Active Comments CUE VARCHAR2 No No Active The cue an observer used to make a sighting, such as blow, body or splash 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 DATE NUMBER No No Active The date of data collection day 20060501 - 20120712 DLAT NUMBER No No Active Latitude converted to decimal degrees Decimal degrees 54.6775 - 58.911 DLONG NUMBER No No Active Longitude converted to decimal degrees Decimal degrees -136.489 - -131.59 EVENT VARCHAR2 No No Active A label identifying the type of event that the line of data represents B, R, E, P, V, N, W, C, S, s, * FOGRAIN VARCHAR2 No No Active A value determined by the observers to indicate whether there was rain, fog, rain and fog, or no rain or fog 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 HIGHGSIZ NUMBER No No Active The highest possible count of group size. animal 0 - 60 HORIZSUN NUMBER No No Active 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 clock hrs rel. to ships bow 1 - 12 LATITUDE NUMBER No No Active Latitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by the survey program Wincruz Deg decimal min: N54:24.17 N54.40.65 - N58:54.68 LEFTOBS Unknown No No Active code of left observer LONGITUDE NUMBER No No Active Longitude in degrees decimal minutes as captured by survey program Wincruz Deg decimal min: W166:31.20 W131:35.38 - W136.29.32 LOWGSIZ NUMBER No No Active The lowest possible count of the group size. animal 0 - 50 MMDIRECTION Unknown No No Active The swimming direction of the animal in relation to the heading of the ship (straight ahead is 0) - not used. MMSPEED Unknown No No Active The estimated travel speed of the animal - not used. On.Off Unknown No No Active Survey effort: a dot indicated on effort; blank indicates off effort RDIALDIST NUMBER No No Active The radial distance from the ship to the sighting calculated from the angle and reticle readings. nm 0 - 6.32 RECORDER Unknown No No Active code of recorder RETICLE NUMBER No No Active The number of reticles on the binocular lens; measured from the horizon to the position of the sighting. reticles 0 - 19 RIGHTOBS Unknown No No Active code of right observer SCISPECIESNAME Unknown No No Active The genus and species name of the sighting Genus and species name of sighted animal SHIPCOURSE NUMBER No No Active The direction of the ships heading obtained from the GPS degree relative to true N 0 - 359 SHSPEED NUMBER No No Active The speed of the ship obtained from the GPS knots 0 - 14.3 SIGHTCODE VARCHAR2 No No Active Sighting method used at time of sighting, such as 25x or 7x binoculars or naked eye. 2, 4, 1 SIGHTNUMBER Unknown No No Active A number sequentially assigned to a sighting thoughout the survey by WinCruz. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SIGHTOBS VARCHAR No No Active The code number of the observer who made a sighting. Codeset: Observer numbers SPECIESCODE VARCHAR No No Active The species code Codeset: Species code SWELLDIR NUMBER No No Active The direction of the swell estimated by the observers using the compass repeater (true bearing as opposed to magnetic) degree relative to true N 0 - 359 SWELLHEIGHT NUMBER No No Active The height of the swell, estimated by observers with reference to the ship personnel feet 0 - 5 TEMP Unknown No No Active No data TIME NUMBER No No Active Time of day that event occurred in Alaska Standard Time second 00:00:00 - 23:59:59 VERTSUN NUMBER No No Active 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. integer 1 - 12 VISIBILITY NUMBER No No Active An assessment of how far observers can see from the ship taking haze and fog into account. mile 0 - 6.0 WINDDIR NUMBER No No Active 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). degree relative to true N 0 - 359 WINDSPEED NUMBER No No Active The speed of the wind estimated by the observers with reference to the ship personnel knots 0 - 35 BEAUFORT NUMBER No No Active The Beaufort scale determined by the observers on watch Beaufort scale 0 - 6 gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:32104 Janice Waite 2016-04-06T15:37:35 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:11:15 2018-11-30 Alaska Fisheries Science Center AFSC 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA https://www.afsc.noaa.gov 0700-1700 Pacific Time 1001 Public No 2018-11-30 1 Year 2019-11-30