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Cape_Lookout_Bight_Satellite_Data_FastGPS.csv

Entity (ENT)  |  Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36556  |  Updated: March 4, 2026  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Physical Location
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Support Roles
Distribution Info
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

Telemetry data received from ARGOS

Description

Telemetry data received from ARGOS

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
Turtle_id
Character 		4-digit unique code assigned to turtle by NMFS Staff. This field can be used to track turtles that had different tags and/or transmitters attached to them
Deployid
Character 		Argos Platform Transmitter Terminal identifier
gps_snapshot_date
date 		Date of the GPS snapshot
gps_snapshot_time
time 		Date of the GPS snapshot
Count
Numeric 		Total number of times this particular data item was received, verified, and successfully decoded
Time_Offset
numeric 		Calculated difference between the tag's clock and the time reported by Argos. The value of this column may be negative
LocNumber
Numeric 		The tag increments a counter each time it successfully gathers satellite data. This is the value of that counter when this row's snapshot was taken.
Failures
Numeric 		The tag increments a counter each time it attempts to gather satellite data but fails to see enough satellites. This is the current value of that counter when the current snapshot was taken.
Hauled_Out
Character 		Indicates if tag is hauled_out
Satellites
Numeric 		number of Satellites
Range_Bits
numeric 		Used to resolve location
id1
numeric 		first id Snapshot data used by Solver.
Range1
numeric 		First Range snapshot used by solver
ID2
numeric 		Second id Snapshot data used by Solver.
Range2
numeric 		Second Range snapshot used by solve
id3
numeric 		Third id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range3
numeric 		Third Range snapshot used by solve
id4
numeric 		Fourth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range4
numeric 		Fourth Range snapshot used by solve
id5
numeric 		Fifth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range5
numeric 		Fifth range used to resolve location
id6
numeric 		Sixth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range6
numeric 		Sixth range used to resolve location
id7
numeric 		Seventh id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range7
numeric 		Seventh range used to resolve location
id8
numeric 		Eighth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range8
numeric 		Eighth range used to resolve location
id10
numeric 		Tenth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range10
numeric 		Tenth range used to resolve location
id11
numeric 		Eleventh id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range11
numeric 		Eleventh range used to resolve location
id12
numeric 		Twelfth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range12
numeric 		Twelfth range used to resolve location
id13
numeric 		Thirteenth Id snapshot used to resolve location
range13
numeric 		Thirteenth range used to resolve location
id14
numeric 		Fourteenth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
range14
numeric 		Fourteenth range used to resolve location
ID15
Numeric 		Fifteenth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
Range15
numeric 		Fifteenth range bit used to resolve location

Data Access & Downloads

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Larisa Avens
ORCID: 0000-0001-6297-065X
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
(252)728-8747

Metadata Contact
Larisa Avens
ORCID: 0000-0001-6297-065X
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
(252)728-8747

Item Identification

Title: Cape_Lookout_Bight_Satellite_Data_FastGPS.csv
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Telemetry data received from ARGOS
Supplemental Information:

SN 43702 Start Latitude 34.7280 Start Longitude -76.6690 Time 04/23/2008 19:36:34 PTT 43702

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:

Telemetry data received from ARGOS

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 Turtle_id Character 4-digit unique code assigned to turtle by NMFS Staff. This field can be used to track turtles that had different tags and/or transmitters attached to them
100
 Deployid Character Argos Platform Transmitter Terminal identifier
100
 gps_snapshot_date date Date of the GPS snapshot
100
 gps_snapshot_time time Date of the GPS snapshot
100
 Count Numeric Total number of times this particular data item was received, verified, and successfully decoded
100
 Time_Offset numeric Calculated difference between the tag's clock and the time reported by Argos. The value of this column may be negative
100
 LocNumber Numeric The tag increments a counter each time it successfully gathers satellite data. This is the value of that counter when this row's snapshot was taken.
100
 Failures Numeric The tag increments a counter each time it attempts to gather satellite data but fails to see enough satellites. This is the current value of that counter when the current snapshot was taken.
100
 Hauled_Out Character Indicates if tag is hauled_out
100
 Satellites Numeric number of Satellites
100
 Range_Bits numeric Used to resolve location
100
 id1 numeric first id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 Range1 numeric First Range snapshot used by solver
100
 ID2 numeric Second id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 Range2 numeric Second Range snapshot used by solve
100
 id3 numeric Third id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range3 numeric Third Range snapshot used by solve
100
 id4 numeric Fourth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range4 numeric Fourth Range snapshot used by solve
100
 id5 numeric Fifth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range5 numeric Fifth range used to resolve location
100
 id6 numeric Sixth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range6 numeric Sixth range used to resolve location
100
 id7 numeric Seventh id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range7 numeric Seventh range used to resolve location
100
 id8 numeric Eighth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range8 numeric Eighth range used to resolve location
100
 id10 numeric Tenth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range10 numeric Tenth range used to resolve location
100
 id11 numeric Eleventh id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range11 numeric Eleventh range used to resolve location
100
 id12 numeric Twelfth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range12 numeric Twelfth range used to resolve location
100
 id13 numeric Thirteenth Id snapshot used to resolve location
100
 range13 numeric Thirteenth range used to resolve location
100
 id14 numeric Fourteenth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 range14 numeric Fourteenth range used to resolve location
100
 ID15 Numeric Fifteenth id Snapshot data used by Solver.
100
 Range15 numeric Fifteenth range bit used to resolve location

Attribute Details

Turtle_id

CC ID: 388388
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

4-digit unique code assigned to turtle by NMFS Staff.

This field can be used to track turtles that had different tags and/or transmitters attached to them

Deployid

CC ID: 378916
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 15
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Argos Platform Transmitter Terminal identifier

gps_snapshot_date

CC ID: 378915
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: date
Max Length: 20
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date of the GPS snapshot
Display Example: 13-may-08
Format Mask: DD-MON-YY

gps_snapshot_time

CC ID: 378925
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: time
Max Length: 15
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date of the GPS snapshot
Format Mask: HR24:MN:SS

Count

CC ID: 388413
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total number of times this particular data item was received, verified, and successfully decoded

Time_Offset

CC ID: 378919
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Calculated difference between the tag's clock and the time reported by Argos.

The value of this column may be negative
Unit of Measure: Minutes
Null Value Meaning:

0

LocNumber

CC ID: 378926
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The tag increments a counter each time it successfully gathers satellite data. This is the value of that counter when this row's snapshot was taken.

Failures

CC ID: 378924
Seq. Order: 38
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Status: Active
Description:

The tag increments a counter each time it attempts to gather satellite data but fails to see enough satellites. This is the current value of that counter when the current snapshot was taken.
Null Value: null
Null Value Meaning:

0

Hauled_Out

CC ID: 378917
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Status: Active
Description:

Indicates if tag is hauled_out
Allowed Values: 1 if the tag was hauled-out at the time of the snapshot '0 if not halued out, blank if the tag does not support haul-out or if the original message did not contain haulout information.

Satellites

CC ID: 378914
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Status: Active
Description:

number of Satellites

Range_Bits

CC ID: 378913
Seq. Order: 80
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Status: Active
Description:

Used to resolve location

id1

CC ID: 378923
Seq. Order: 90
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Status: Active
Description:

first id Snapshot data used by Solver.

Range1

CC ID: 378927
Seq. Order: 110
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 10
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

First Range snapshot used by solver
Allowed Values: M N L A K

ID2

CC ID: 378922
Seq. Order: 140
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 8
Scale: 3
Status: Active
Description:

Second id Snapshot data used by Solver.
Unit of Measure: Degrees

Range2

CC ID: 378918
Seq. Order: 180
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Second Range snapshot used by solve

id3

CC ID: 378929
Seq. Order: 200
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 10
Status: Active
Description:

Third id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range3

CC ID: 378930
Seq. Order: 210
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 6
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Third Range snapshot used by solve

id4

CC ID: 378948
Seq. Order: 240
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Fourth id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range4

CC ID: 378949
Seq. Order: 250
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Fourth Range snapshot used by solve

id5

CC ID: 378951
Seq. Order: 270
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Fifth id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range5

CC ID: 378952
Seq. Order: 280
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Fifth range used to resolve location

id6

CC ID: 378954
Seq. Order: 300
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sixth id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range6

CC ID: 378955
Seq. Order: 310
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sixth range used to resolve location

id7

CC ID: 379079
Seq. Order: 340
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Seventh id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range7

CC ID: 379071
Seq. Order: 550
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Seventh range used to resolve location

id8

CC ID: 379080
Seq. Order: 560
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Eighth id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range8

CC ID: 379072
Seq. Order: 570
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Eighth range used to resolve location

id10

CC ID: 379082
Seq. Order: 600
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Tenth id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range10

CC ID: 379074
Seq. Order: 610
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Tenth range used to resolve location

id11

CC ID: 379083
Seq. Order: 620
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Eleventh id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range11

CC ID: 379075
Seq. Order: 630
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Eleventh range used to resolve location

id12

CC ID: 379084
Seq. Order: 640
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Twelfth id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range12

CC ID: 379076
Seq. Order: 650
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Twelfth range used to resolve location

id13

CC ID: 379087
Seq. Order: 660
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Thirteenth Id snapshot used to resolve location

range13

CC ID: 379077
Seq. Order: 670
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Thirteenth range used to resolve location

id14

CC ID: 379086
Seq. Order: 680
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Fourteenth id Snapshot data used by Solver.

range14

CC ID: 379078
Seq. Order: 690
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Fourteenth range used to resolve location

ID15

CC ID: 379583
Seq. Order: 710
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Status: Active
Description:

Fifteenth id Snapshot data used by Solver.

Range15

CC ID: 378928
Seq. Order: 720
Data Storage Type: numeric
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 6
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Fifteenth range bit used to resolve location

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 753982
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Avens, Larisa
Address: 101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort, NC
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6297-065X
Email Address: larisa.avens@noaa.gov
Phone: (252)728-8747
Fax: (252)728-8784
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Distributor

CC ID: 753983
Date Effective From: 2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Address:
ROR: https://ror.org/04r0wrp59
Email Address: ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL: NCEI Contact Information

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 753984
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Avens, Larisa
Address: 101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort, NC
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6297-065X
Email Address: larisa.avens@noaa.gov
Phone: (252)728-8747
Fax: (252)728-8784
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 753985
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Avens, Larisa
Address: 101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort, NC
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6297-065X
Email Address: larisa.avens@noaa.gov
Phone: (252)728-8747
Fax: (252)728-8784
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 753986
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0162439/1.1/data/0-data/26472/Cape_Lookout_Bight_Satellite_Data_FastGPS.csv
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2017 - Present)
File Name: Cape_Lookout_Bight_Satellite_Data_FastGPS.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: 36556
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36556
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2017-01-30 15:39+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2026-03-04 19:17+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