ARGOS-MoveBank Satellite Telemetry Data - Hawaii EEZ

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The UTC date and time of the tag location hit

format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.sss

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.

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.

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

Platform altitude in km - should always be 0 for cetaceans

Best signal strength (dB), Argos diagnostic data

Calculated frequency (Hz), Argos diagnostic data

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

Solution 1. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data.

decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system

Solution 2. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data.

decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system

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)

Solution 1. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data

decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system

Solution 2. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos diagnostic data

decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system

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

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

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

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

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.

The type of sensor with which data were collected