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ARGOS-MoveBank Satellite Telemetry Data - Guam/CNMI EEZ

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:56184 | Updated: May 26, 2026 | Published / External

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Satellite telemetry data are received from ARGOS in DIAG format then imported into MoveBank. Within MoveBank the DAR filter is run and the data are exported showing which locations are marked as outliers based on the filter criteria.

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Data Attribute / Type	Description
PROJECT_CRUISE ID TEXT	The project name (including year) and/or the ship survey Cruise ID during which the satellite tags were deployed
STUDY NAME TEXT	The Movebank project name - listed by species and region with PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) indentifier
SPECIES TEXT	The scientific name (genus species) of the cetacean species tagged
TAG ID-TAG TYPE TEXT	The tag PTT ID and the type of tag (SPOT or SPLASH) deployed
INDIVIDUAL LOCAL IDENTIFIER TEXT	Movebank identifier -- PTT ID, two letter species code, location code, year tag was deployed, tag type
EVENT ID NUMERIC	An identifier for the set of values associated with each event, i.e. sensor measurement. A unique event ID is assigned to every time-location or other time-measurement record in Movebank.
TIMESTAMP DATE/TIME	The UTC date and time of the tag location hit format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.sss
LOCATION-LONGITUDE FLOAT	The estimated geographic longitude of the location of the satellite tag. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it.
LOCATION-LATITUDE FLOAT	The estimated geographic latitude of the location of the satellite tag. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it.
ALGORITHM MARKED OUTLIER TEXT	Identifies events marked as outliers using the Douglas Argos Filter (DAR) algorithm in Movebank. Outliers have the value TRUE
ARGOS:ALTITUDE NUMERIC	Platform altitude in km - should always be 0 for cetaceans
ARGOS:BEST LEVEL NUMERIC	Best signal strength (dB), Argos diagnostic data
ARGOS:CALCULATED FREQUENCY FLOAT	Calculated frequency (Hz), Argos diagnostic data
ARGOS:IQ NUMERIC	This quality indicator gives information on the transmitter in terms of two digits, X and Y. X is the first digit and indicates residual error on the frequency calculation; Y is the second digit and indicates transmitter oscillator frequency drift between two satellite passes. Values provided in Argos diagnostic data (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). Values obtained through some Argos channels do not include leading 0s, so 1-digit values indicate X = 0 and blank values or values of "0" indicate both X and Y = 0. Allowed values are X = 0: No calculation of residual frequency error (fewer than four messages received) X = 1,2,3: Unsatisfactory convergence of calculation X = 4: Residual frequency error > 1.5 Hz X = 5: 0.15 Hz < residual frequency error < 1.5 Hz X = 6: Residual frequency error < 0.15 Hz Y = 0: No check on transmit frequency drift, as the two results are more than 12 hours apart. Y = 1: Frequency discrepancy > 400 Hz. Probably due to transmit frequency discrepancy, change of oscillator, etc. Y = 2: Previous location is less than 1/2 hour old. Frequency discrepancy > 30 Hz, i.e. F/F (over 10 min) >2.5 E-8 Y = 3: Frequency drift > 4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) > 1.10-7 Y = 4: Frequency drift < 4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 1.10-7 Y = 5: Frequency drift < 2 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 5.10-8 Y = 6: Frequency drift < 1 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 2.5 . 10-8 Y = 7: Frequency drift < 0.4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 1.10-8 Y = 8: Frequency drift < 0.2 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 5.10-9
ARGOS:LAT1 FLOAT	Solution 1. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data. decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system
ARGOS:LAT2 FLOAT	Solution 2. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data. decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system
ARGOS:LC ALPHANUMERIC	The location class retrieved from Argos, Argos diagnostic data. Allowed values are 0, 1, 2, 3, A, B, and Z 3 Argos < 250m 4 messages or more 2 Argos 250m < < 500m 4 messages or more 1 Argos 500m < < 1500m 4 messages or more 0* Argos > 1500m 4 messages or more A Argos No accuracy estimation Unbounded accuracy estimation 3 messages B Argos No accuracy estimation Unbounded accuracy estimation messages 1 or 2 messages Z Argos Invalid location (available only for Service Plus/Auxiliary Location Processing)
ARGOS:LONG1 FLOAT	Solution 1. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system
ARGOS:LONG2 FLOAT	Solution 2. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system
ARGOS:NB MES NUMERIC	The number of messages received [to calculate location], Argos diagnostic data
ARGOS:NB MES-120 NUMERIC	The number of messages received by the satellite at a signal strength greater than -120 decibels, Argos diagnostic data
ARGOS:NOPC NUMERIC	The number of plausibility checks successful (from 0-4), Argos diagnostic data
ARGOS:PASS DURATION NUMERIC	Time elapsed (seconds) between the first and last message received by the satellite, Argos diagnostic data
ARGOS:VALID LOCATION ALGORITHM NUMERIC	Indicates which of the two location estimates provided by Argos is the valid location, using a user-selected filter algorithm in Movebank. Allowed values are 1: The Argos filter algorithm has chosen the primary location (solution 1, lat1/lon1) as the valid location. 2: The Argos filter algorithm has chosen the alternate location (solution 2, lat2/lon2) as the valid location.
SENSOR TYPE TEXT	The type of sensor with which data were collected

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PROJECT_CRUISE ID
TEXT

The project name (including year) and/or the ship survey Cruise ID during which the satellite tags were deployed

STUDY NAME
TEXT

The Movebank project name - listed by species and region with PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) indentifier

SPECIES
TEXT

The scientific name (genus species) of the cetacean species tagged

TAG ID-TAG TYPE
TEXT

The tag PTT ID and the type of tag (SPOT or SPLASH) deployed

INDIVIDUAL LOCAL IDENTIFIER
TEXT

Movebank identifier -- PTT ID, two letter species code, location code, year tag was deployed, tag type

EVENT ID
NUMERIC

An identifier for the set of values associated with each event, i.e. sensor measurement. A unique event ID is assigned to every time-location or other time-measurement record in Movebank.

TIMESTAMP
DATE/TIME

The UTC date and time of the tag location hit format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.sss

LOCATION-LONGITUDE
FLOAT

The estimated geographic longitude of the location of the satellite tag. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it.

LOCATION-LATITUDE
FLOAT

The estimated geographic latitude of the location of the satellite tag. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it.

ALGORITHM MARKED OUTLIER
TEXT

Identifies events marked as outliers using the Douglas Argos Filter (DAR) algorithm in Movebank. Outliers have the value TRUE

ARGOS:ALTITUDE
NUMERIC

Platform altitude in km - should always be 0 for cetaceans

ARGOS:BEST LEVEL
NUMERIC

Best signal strength (dB), Argos diagnostic data

ARGOS:CALCULATED FREQUENCY
FLOAT

Calculated frequency (Hz), Argos diagnostic data

ARGOS:IQ
NUMERIC

This quality indicator gives information on the transmitter in terms of two digits, X and Y. X is the first digit and indicates residual error on the frequency calculation; Y is the second digit and indicates transmitter oscillator frequency drift between two satellite passes. Values provided in Argos diagnostic data (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). Values obtained through some Argos channels do not include leading 0s, so 1-digit values indicate X = 0 and blank values or values of "0" indicate both X and Y = 0. Allowed values are X = 0: No calculation of residual frequency error (fewer than four messages received) X = 1,2,3: Unsatisfactory convergence of calculation X = 4: Residual frequency error > 1.5 Hz X = 5: 0.15 Hz < residual frequency error < 1.5 Hz X = 6: Residual frequency error < 0.15 Hz Y = 0: No check on transmit frequency drift, as the two results are more than 12 hours apart. Y = 1: Frequency discrepancy > 400 Hz. Probably due to transmit frequency discrepancy, change of oscillator, etc. Y = 2: Previous location is less than 1/2 hour old. Frequency discrepancy > 30 Hz, i.e. F/F (over 10 min) >2.5 E-8 Y = 3: Frequency drift > 4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) > 1.10-7 Y = 4: Frequency drift < 4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 1.10-7 Y = 5: Frequency drift < 2 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 5.10-8 Y = 6: Frequency drift < 1 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 2.5 . 10-8 Y = 7: Frequency drift < 0.4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 1.10-8 Y = 8: Frequency drift < 0.2 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 5.10-9

ARGOS:LAT1
FLOAT

Solution 1. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data. decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system

ARGOS:LAT2
FLOAT

Solution 2. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data. decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system

ARGOS:LC
ALPHANUMERIC

The location class retrieved from Argos, Argos diagnostic data. Allowed values are 0, 1, 2, 3, A, B, and Z 3 Argos < 250m 4 messages or more 2 Argos 250m < < 500m 4 messages or more 1 Argos 500m < < 1500m 4 messages or more 0* Argos > 1500m 4 messages or more A Argos No accuracy estimation Unbounded accuracy estimation 3 messages B Argos No accuracy estimation Unbounded accuracy estimation messages 1 or 2 messages Z Argos Invalid location (available only for Service Plus/Auxiliary Location Processing)

ARGOS:LONG1
FLOAT

Solution 1. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system

ARGOS:LONG2
FLOAT

Solution 2. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system

ARGOS:NB MES
NUMERIC

The number of messages received [to calculate location], Argos diagnostic data

ARGOS:NB MES-120
NUMERIC

The number of messages received by the satellite at a signal strength greater than -120 decibels, Argos diagnostic data

ARGOS:NOPC
NUMERIC

The number of plausibility checks successful (from 0-4), Argos diagnostic data

ARGOS:PASS DURATION
NUMERIC

Time elapsed (seconds) between the first and last message received by the satellite, Argos diagnostic data

ARGOS:VALID LOCATION ALGORITHM
NUMERIC

Indicates which of the two location estimates provided by Argos is the valid location, using a user-selected filter algorithm in Movebank. Allowed values are 1: The Argos filter algorithm has chosen the primary location (solution 1, lat1/lon1) as the valid location. 2: The Argos filter algorithm has chosen the alternate location (solution 2, lat2/lon2) as the valid location.

SENSOR TYPE
TEXT

The type of sensor with which data were collected

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Erin M Oleson
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Marie C Hill
marie.c.hill@noaa.gov
(808)725-5710

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Marie C Hill
marie.c.hill@noaa.gov
(808)725-5710

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ARGOS-MoveBank Satellite Telemetry Data - Guam/CNMI EEZ

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