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Summary

Abstract

Sea turtle aerial were surveys conducted July 1989 to August 1991 over Core, Southern Pamlico, and Northern Pamlico Sounds, North Carolina.

Description

Sea turtle aerial surveys conducted July 1989 to August 1991 over Core, Southern Pamlico, and Northern Pamlico Sounds, North Carolina.

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
Survey_Name
Character
Name of survey being conducted
Survey_Year
Numeric
Year survey was flown
Survey_Month
Numeric
Month Survey was flown
Survey_Day
Numeric
Day Survey was flown
Transect
Numeric
Transect number that was flown
Latitude
Numeric
Latitude of transect being flown
Beg_Longitude
Numeric
Longitude at beginning of transect being flown
End_longitude
Numeric
Longitude at end of transect being flown
Begin_Hour
Numeric
Hour at start of transect being flown
Begin_Minute
Numeric
Minute at start of transect being flown
Begin_Second
Numeric
Second at start of transect being flown
End_Hour
Numeric
Hour at end of transect being flown
End_Minute
Numeric
Minute at end of transect being flown
End_Second
Numeric
Second at end of transect being flown
SeaState
Character
Description of condition of seas - number of waves and whitecaps - occurring during a sighting
Excluded_Time
Numeric
Time (in seconds) when off effort during a particular transect
Glare_left
Character
Amount of glare to left of transect being flown
Glare_right
Character
Amount of glare to right of transect being flown
Weather
Character
Weather condition when transect was flown

Distribution Information

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Joanne B Mcneill

Metadata Contact
Joanne B Mcneill

Item Identification

Title: Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_Inshore_NC_Transects.csv
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Sea turtle aerial were surveys conducted July 1989 to August 1991 over Core, Southern Pamlico, and Northern Pamlico Sounds, North Carolina.

Purpose:

To determine relative density and seasonal distribution of sea turtles in NC estuarine waters

Supplemental Information:

Primary Key is the concatenation of Survey_Name Survey_Year Survey_Month Survey_Day Transect

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None transects
None Turtles

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 1989-1991

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Aerial_Survey
None Core Sound
None North Carolina
None Northern Pamlico Sound
None Southern Pamlico Sound

Physical Location

Organization: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Description:

Sea turtle aerial surveys conducted July 1989 to August 1991 over Core, Southern Pamlico, and Northern Pamlico Sounds, North Carolina.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
Survey_Name Character Name of survey being conducted
100
Survey_Year Numeric Year survey was flown
100
Survey_Month Numeric Month Survey was flown
100
Survey_Day Numeric Day Survey was flown
100
Transect Numeric Transect number that was flown
100
Latitude Numeric Latitude of transect being flown
100
Beg_Longitude Numeric Longitude at beginning of transect being flown
100
End_longitude Numeric Longitude at end of transect being flown
100
Begin_Hour Numeric Hour at start of transect being flown
100
Begin_Minute Numeric Minute at start of transect being flown
100
Begin_Second Numeric Second at start of transect being flown
100
End_Hour Numeric Hour at end of transect being flown
100
End_Minute Numeric Minute at end of transect being flown
100
End_Second Numeric Second at end of transect being flown
100
SeaState Character Description of condition of seas - number of waves and whitecaps - occurring during a sighting
100
Excluded_Time Numeric Time (in seconds) when off effort during a particular transect
100
Glare_left Character Amount of glare to left of transect being flown
100
Glare_right Character Amount of glare to right of transect being flown
100
Weather Character Weather condition when transect was flown

Attribute Details

Survey_Name

CC ID: 367907
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Name of survey being conducted

Allowed Values: Core Sound, Southern Pamlico Sound, and Northern Pamlico Sound

Survey_Year

CC ID: 367910
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Status: Active
Description:

Year survey was flown

Survey_Month

CC ID: 367909
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Month Survey was flown

Survey_Day

CC ID: 367908
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Day Survey was flown

Transect

CC ID: 367911
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Status: Active
Description:

Transect number that was flown

Latitude

CC ID: 367904
Seq. Order: 80
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 8
Scale: 5
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude of transect being flown

Beg_Longitude

CC ID: 367906
Seq. Order: 95
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 9
Scale: 5
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude at beginning of transect being flown

End_longitude

CC ID: 367900
Seq. Order: 100
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 9
Scale: 5
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude at end of transect being flown

Begin_Hour

CC ID: 367894
Seq. Order: 110
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Hour at start of transect being flown

Begin_Minute

CC ID: 367895
Seq. Order: 120
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Minute at start of transect being flown

Begin_Second

CC ID: 367896
Seq. Order: 130
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Second at start of transect being flown

End_Hour

CC ID: 367897
Seq. Order: 140
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Status: Active
Description:

Hour at end of transect being flown

End_Minute

CC ID: 367898
Seq. Order: 150
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Minute at end of transect being flown

Validation Rules:

0-59

End_Second

CC ID: 367899
Seq. Order: 160
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Second at end of transect being flown

Validation Rules:

0-59

SeaState

CC ID: 367905
Seq. Order: 170
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 60
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Description of condition of seas - number of waves and whitecaps - occurring during a sighting

Allowed Values: slick calm, mirror like small waves, few whitecaps whitecaps 0-33%, waves 1-2 feet whitecaps 33-50%, waves 2-3 feet white caps 50-65%, waves 3-5 feet whitecaps >65%, waves > 5 feet (too rough to survey)

Excluded_Time

CC ID: 367901
Seq. Order: 180
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 1
Status: Active
Description:

Time (in seconds) when off effort during a particular transect

Validation Rules:

< 60

Glare_left

CC ID: 367902
Seq. Order: 190
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 25
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of glare to left of transect being flown

Glare_right

CC ID: 367903
Seq. Order: 200
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 25
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of glare to right of transect being flown

Weather

CC ID: 367912
Seq. Order: 210
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Weather condition when transect was flown

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 753896
Date Effective From: 1988
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Mcneill, Joanne B

Distributor

CC ID: 753897
Date Effective From: 2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
Address: NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone: (301) 713-3277

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 753898
Date Effective From: 1988
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Mcneill, Joanne B
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 753899
Date Effective From: 1988
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Mcneill, Joanne B
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 753900
Start Date: 2017
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160008/1.1/data/0-data/26465/Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_inshore_NC_transects/Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_inshore_NC_transects.csv
Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2017 - Present)
File Name: Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_inshore_NC_transects
Description:

Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_inshore_NC_transects.csv

File Type (Deprecated): csv (comma-separated values)
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 36116
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36116
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2016-12-23 09:22+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2021-04-29
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2021-04-29
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2022-04-29