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Spreadsheet: Benthic Habitat Database, Worksheet: MidAtlTrawls

Entity (ENT)  |  Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:35462  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

Trawl physical data (date-time, positions, depths, lengths of trawls) from each trawl for the mid-Atlantic off New York, New Jersey, and Maryland for the Mid Atlantic Program 2008

Description

Trawl physical data (date-time, positions, depths, lengths of trawls) from each trawl for the mid-Atlantic off New York, New Jersey, and Maryland for the Mid Atlantic Program 2008

Entity Information

Entity Type
Spreadsheet

Data Attribute / Type Description
cruise
CHARACTER 		NEFSC cruise code
station
CHARACTER 		station alphanumeric names
replicate
NUMBER 		station replicate tow
UTC date
DATE 		date of trawl in Universal Time Code
Begin UTC
NUMBER 		trawl begin time (trawl wires at full scope) in Universal Time Code
End UTC
NUMBER 		trawl end time (haul back begun) in Universal Time Code
event duration
NUMBER 		duration of trawl between begin and end times
start lat
NUMBER 		N Latitude at trawl begin time in ddmm.mmm format
start lon
NUMBER 		W Longitude at trawl begin time in ddmm.mmm format
end lat
NUMBER 		N Latitude at trawl end time in ddmm.mmm format
end lon
NUMBER 		W Longitude at trawl end time in ddmm.mmm format
beg depth
NUMBER 		depth of bottom in meters at begin trawl time
end depth
NUMBER 		depth of bottom in meters at end trawl time
nominal trawl dist.
NUMBER 		nominal distance between trawl begin and trawl end positions in nautical miles
trawl distance
NUMBER 		nominal distance between trawl begin and trawl end positions in meters
Geog. Loc.
CHARACTER 		description of geographic location of trawl
surface T
NUMBER 		sea surface temperature in degrees C
bottom T
NUMBER 		sea bottom temperature in degrees C
Data Collected & Comments
CHARACTER 		comments regarding trawl operation and catch

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Item Identification

Title: Spreadsheet: Benthic Habitat Database, Worksheet: MidAtlTrawls
Short Name: Mid Atlantic Trawls 2008
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Trawl physical data (date-time, positions, depths, lengths of trawls) from each trawl for the mid-Atlantic off New York, New Jersey, and Maryland for the Mid Atlantic Program 2008

Entity Information

Entity Type: Spreadsheet
Active Version?: Yes
Description:

Trawl physical data (date-time, positions, depths, lengths of trawls) from each trawl for the mid-Atlantic off New York, New Jersey, and Maryland for the Mid Atlantic Program 2008

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 Primary Key cruise CHARACTER NEFSC cruise code
100
 Primary Key station CHARACTER station alphanumeric names
100
 Primary Key replicate NUMBER station replicate tow
100
 UTC date DATE date of trawl in Universal Time Code
100
 Begin UTC NUMBER trawl begin time (trawl wires at full scope) in Universal Time Code
100
 End UTC NUMBER trawl end time (haul back begun) in Universal Time Code
100
 event duration NUMBER duration of trawl between begin and end times
100
 start lat NUMBER N Latitude at trawl begin time in ddmm.mmm format
100
 start lon NUMBER W Longitude at trawl begin time in ddmm.mmm format
100
 end lat NUMBER N Latitude at trawl end time in ddmm.mmm format
100
 end lon NUMBER W Longitude at trawl end time in ddmm.mmm format
100
 beg depth NUMBER depth of bottom in meters at begin trawl time
100
 end depth NUMBER depth of bottom in meters at end trawl time
100
 nominal trawl dist. NUMBER nominal distance between trawl begin and trawl end positions in nautical miles
100
 trawl distance NUMBER nominal distance between trawl begin and trawl end positions in meters
100
 Geog. Loc. CHARACTER description of geographic location of trawl
100
 surface T NUMBER sea surface temperature in degrees C
100
 bottom T NUMBER sea bottom temperature in degrees C
100
 Data Collected & Comments CHARACTER comments regarding trawl operation and catch

Attribute Details

cruise

CC ID: 355627
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 7
Required: Yes
Primary Key: Yes
Status: Active
Description:

NEFSC cruise code
General Data Type: CHARACTER

station

CC ID: 355628
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 5
Required: Yes
Primary Key: Yes
Status: Active
Description:

station alphanumeric names
General Data Type: CHARACTER

replicate

CC ID: 355629
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: Yes
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

station replicate tow
General Data Type: NUMBER

UTC date

CC ID: 355630
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 10
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

date of trawl in Universal Time Code
General Data Type: DATE

Begin UTC

CC ID: 355631
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 8
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

trawl begin time (trawl wires at full scope) in Universal Time Code
General Data Type: NUMBER

End UTC

CC ID: 355632
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 8
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

trawl end time (haul back begun) in Universal Time Code
General Data Type: NUMBER

event duration

CC ID: 355633
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 8
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

duration of trawl between begin and end times
General Data Type: NUMBER

start lat

CC ID: 355634
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 8
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

N Latitude at trawl begin time in ddmm.mmm format
General Data Type: NUMBER

start lon

CC ID: 355635
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 8
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

W Longitude at trawl begin time in ddmm.mmm format
General Data Type: NUMBER

end lat

CC ID: 355636
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 8
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

N Latitude at trawl end time in ddmm.mmm format
General Data Type: NUMBER

end lon

CC ID: 355637
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 8
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

W Longitude at trawl end time in ddmm.mmm format
General Data Type: NUMBER

beg depth

CC ID: 355638
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

depth of bottom in meters at begin trawl time
General Data Type: NUMBER

end depth

CC ID: 355639
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

depth of bottom in meters at end trawl time
General Data Type: NUMBER

nominal trawl dist.

CC ID: 355640
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 5
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 3
Status: Active
Description:

nominal distance between trawl begin and trawl end positions in nautical miles
General Data Type: NUMBER

trawl distance

CC ID: 355641
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

nominal distance between trawl begin and trawl end positions in meters
General Data Type: NUMBER

Geog. Loc.

CC ID: 355642
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 30
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

description of geographic location of trawl
General Data Type: CHARACTER

surface T

CC ID: 355643
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 1
Status: Active
Description:

sea surface temperature in degrees C
General Data Type: NUMBER

bottom T

CC ID: 355644
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 1
Status: Active
Description:

sea bottom temperature in degrees C
General Data Type: NUMBER

Data Collected & Comments

CC ID: 355645
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 120
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

comments regarding trawl operation and catch
General Data Type: CHARACTER

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 35462
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:35462
Metadata Record Created By: Patricia L Jones
Metadata Record Created: 2016-11-01 16:51+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-11-02
Owner Org: NEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-11-02
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-11-02