41258 cdas_orca Entity Published / External 39279 Killer whale at-sea density off California Data Set Completed Killer whale density off California | Description Source: MMS Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script. 1 FID Unknown No No Active Internal feature number. | Description Source: ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. 2 Shape Unknown No No Active Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI Coordinates defining the features. 3 FID_1 Unknown No No Active Unknown | Description Source: MMS Unknown 4 ID Unknown No No Active Station ID | Description Source: MMS Unique station ID 5 STUDY VARCHAR No No Active Study Area - This field identifies the companion effort records accessed by programs for calculating density. In this database, sighting records have one of the following codes: | Description Source: MMS SH: Southern California Bight High-altitude mammals | SM: Southern California Bight Low-altitude mammals | SS: Southern California Bight Ship transect, birds and mammals | CH: Central/Northern California High-altitude mammals | CL: Central/Northern California Low-altitude birds and mammals | SX: Southern California Bight MMS Surveys | OS: OSPR Surveys | OM: Oregon/Washington Marine Mammal Surveys | 6 PLATFORM VARCHAR No No Active Observer platform | Description Source: MMS H: High altitude aerial observations (marine mammals) | A: Low altitude aerial observations (all taxa) | S: Shipboard survey | B: Observations from shore stations (otters) | 7 ON VARCHAR No No Active Observation information - This field indicates whether the observation should be used for density calculations. | Description Source: MMS Y: Yes, observation was within the transect corridor and effort data was being collected. | N: No, observation was NOT within the transect corridor and/or effort data was NOT being collected. | 8 EFFDATE Unknown No No Active Date | Description Source: MMS This field identifies the corresponding date in the effort database at the finest resolution possible for the particular dataset. For earlier studies, this may be the midpoint of the month in which the survey occurred. For some other studies it is the midpoint of the date range of the survey. For the most recent studies it is the date of the observation itself. Format=YYYYMMDD 9 DATE_ Unknown No No Active date of observation | Description Source: MMS This field identifies the date of the observation. 10 TIME Unknown No No Active Time of observation | Description Source: MMS 24 hour clock is used. Seconds may be blank, especially in earlier surveys. 11 SPECIES Unknown No No Active Species code | Description Source: MMS Species code 12 NUMBER Unknown No No Active Abundance | Description Source: MMS Number of animals counted in sighting 13 Latitude Unknown No No Active Latitude | Description Source: MMS Decimal degrees of latitude(Format=DDDD.DDDDD) 14 DECLONG Unknown No No Active Unknown | Description Source: MMS Unknown 15 WIDTH Unknown No No Active Transect width | Description Source: MMS Search corridor width (km) 16 NEWBORNS Unknown No No Active Number of newborns | Description Source: MMS Number of newborns in sighting 17 MALES Unknown No No Active Adult male abundance | Description Source: MMS Number of adult males in sighting 18 FEMALES Unknown No No Active Adult female abundance | Description Source: MMS Number of adult females in sighting 19 AGE VARCHAR No No Active Age code - Age code used for seabirds and pinnipeds, | Description Source: MMS 0: not noted or not separable | 1: adult | 2: juvenile | 3: young of the year | 4: nest | 20 SEX VARCHAR No No Active Gender code - Gender code used for seabirds and pinnipeds, | Description Source: MMS 1: male | 2: female | 21 PLUMAGE Unknown No No Active Used for seabirds. | Description Source: MMS Unknown 22 ASSOC VARCHAR No No Active coded associations with observed animal - Coded associations, | Description Source: MMS 1: cetacean | 2: pinniped | 3: bird | 4: cetacean and bird | 5: cetacean and pinniped | 6: pinniped and bird | 7: cetacean, bird, and pinniped | 8: fish (e.g., bait balls) | 9: kelp | 10: plankton | 11: flotsam | 12: oil | 13: turtle | 14: blue shark | 15: sea otter | 16: color change/convergence | 17: slick/Langmuir cell | 18: vessel | 23 DIRECTION Unknown No No Active Animal movement | Description Source: MMS Direction of movement; degrees magnetic 24 GROUP VARCHAR No No Active Group formation | Description Source: MMS 1: ranked/chorus line | 2: tightly grouped/discoidal | 3: spread with subschools | 4: spread with subgroups | 5: scattered | 6: linear of file | 7: pod | 8: singleton | 25 BEHAVIOR VARCHAR No No Active behavior | Description Source: MMS 1: mammals- aerial | 2: mammals- feeding | 3: mammals- sexual | 4: mammals- mother/young | 5: mammals- synchronous diving | 6: mammals- aggressive | 7: mammals- bowriding | 8: mammals- non specific contact/play | 9: mammals- breezing/rapid swimming | 10: mammals- porpoising | 11: mammals- milling | 12: mammals- swimming | 13: mammals- spy hop | 14: mammals- breach | 15: mammals- fluking | 16: mammals- loafing/rafting | 26 ALTITUDE Unknown No No Active Plane altitude | Description Source: MMS Feet above sea level (ASL) 27 DECLINE Unknown No No Active Declination angle, nearest degree | Description Source: MMS Unknown 28 DISTANCE Unknown No No Active Direct distance when first sighted; unit= feet | Description Source: MMS Unknown 29 PERPDIST Unknown No No Active Distance at right-angle to track line; unit= feet | Description Source: MMS Unknown 30 RELDIR Unknown No No Active Relative sighting direction, i.e., bearing, degrees magnetic | Description Source: MMS Unknown 31 DISTCODE Unknown No No Active For seabirds | Description Source: MMS Unknown 32 COMMENT Unknown No No Active Additional details | Description Source: MMS Unknown 33 WEATHER VARCHAR No No Active Weather | Description Source: MMS 1: clear | 2: light fog | 3: heavy fog | 4: light rain | 5: heavy rain | 34 CLOUDS VARCHAR No No Active Cloud cover code: | Description Source: MMS 1: clear | 2: 25% overcast | 3: 50% overcast | 4: 75% overcast | 5: 100% overcast | 35 WIND Unknown No No Active Direction from, degrees magnetic | Description Source: MMS Unknown 36 SEASTATUS Unknown No No Active Beaufort scale | Description Source: MMS Unknown 37 GLAREDIR Unknown No No Active Glare segment start (01-12 from clock, with 12 directly ahead on transect), followed by glare segment end (01-12). | Description Source: MMS Unknown 38 GLARE VARCHAR No No Active GLARE PERCENT | Description Source: MMS 1: no glare | 2: 20% | 3: 40% | 4: 60% | 5: 80% | 6: 100% | 39 SEATEMP Unknown No No Active Sea Surface Temperature, nearest 0.1 degree C; Note: -99= inoperative PRT or no measurements taken | Description Source: MMS Unknown 40 RECORD Unknown No No Active Record Number in this database. | Description Source: MMS Unknown 41 Longitude Unknown No No Active Longitude | Description Source: MMS Decimal degrees of longitude(Format=DDDD.DDDDD) 42 FID_2 Unknown No No Active Unknown | Description Source: MMS Unknown 43 LABEL Unknown No No Active Unknown | Description Source: MMS Unknown 44 UNIQUEID Unknown No No Active Unknown | Description Source: MMS Unknown gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:41258 Tyler Christensen 2017-04-06T10:33:32 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:11:23 2018-07-12 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NCCOS 1002 Public No 2018-07-12 1 Year 2019-07-12