36135
Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_Georgia_Transects
Entity
Published / External
26465
Sea turtle aerial survey data in the North Atlantic from 1988-11-03 to 2005-07-09 (NCEI Accession 0160008)
Data Set
Completed
Aerial surveys were conducted June 2 -9, 1991 in the nearshore and estuarine waters of Georgia to determine feasibility of sighting sea turtles in fairly murky waters.
Primary Key is the concatenation of Survey_Area Survey_Year Survey_Month Survey_Day Transect
Theme
Aerial_Survey
Theme
Turtles
Theme
transects
Temporal
1991
Spatial
Atlantic Ocean
Spatial
Georgia
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring
MD
Data Table
Yes
Aerial surveys conducted in the nearshore and estuarine waters of Georgia from June 2 - 9, 1991
10
Survey_Area
Character
130
No
No
Active
A description of the location of where the survey was flown
MaKingsBay_CumberlandSounday_Frederica_River
BrunswiKingsBay_CumberlandSound_Turtle_River
Jekyll_Sound
Cumberland_River
KingsBay_CumberlandSound
Mackay_Frederica_River
Brunswick_Turtle_River
Satilla_River
Brunswick_River_Inlet
StAndrews_Sound
StMary_Entrance
Offshore_Area1
Offshore_Area2
Offshore_Area3
20
Survey_Year
Numeric
No
No
Active
Year survey was flown
30
Survey_Month
Numeric
No
No
Active
Month Survey was flown
40
Survey_Day
Numeric
No
No
Active
Day Survey was flown
50
Transect
Numeric
No
No
2
Active
Transect number that was flown
60
Latitude
Numeric
No
No
8
5
Active
Latitude of transect being flown
70
Beg_Longitude
Numeric
No
No
9
5
Active
Longitude at beginning of transect being flown
100
End_longitude
Numeric
No
No
9
5
Active
Longitude at end of transect being flown
110
Begin_Hour
Numeric
No
No
Active
Hour at start of transect being flown
120
Begin_Minute
Numeric
No
No
Active
Minute at start of transect being flown
130
Begin_Second
Numeric
No
No
Active
Second at start of transect being flown
140
End_Hour
Numeric
No
No
1
Active
Hour at end of transect being flown
150
End_Minute
Numeric
2
No
No
Active
Minute at end of transect being flown
0-59
160
End_Second
Numeric
2
No
No
Active
Second at end of transect being flown
0-59
170
SeaState
Character
60
No
No
Active
Description of condition of seas - number of waves and whitecaps - occurring during a sighting
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)
180
Excluded_Time
Numeric
No
No
4
1
Active
Time (in seconds) when off effort during a particular transect
< 60
Data Steward
1988
Person
Mcneill, Joanne B
Distributor
2017
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
NCEI-MD
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
(301) 713-3277
Metadata Contact
1988
Person
Mcneill, Joanne B
Contact by email preferred.
Point of Contact
1988
Person
Mcneill, Joanne B
Contact by email preferred.
2017
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160008/1.1/data/0-data/26465/Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_Georgia_transects/Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_Georgia_transects.csv
2017
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_Georgia_transects.cs
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