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Summary

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Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 2024: Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/57143.
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Abstract

The Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs) study was designed to evaluate the ability of UAS technology (i.e., airframe, payloads, sensors, and software) to detect cetaceans, identify individuals to species, estimate group size, identify calves, and estimate density in arctic waters, relative to conventional aerial surveys conducted by human observers in fixed wing aircraft and to photographic strip transect data collected from the manned aircraft. The ACEs’ imagery described here was collected and analyzed in order to conduct a 3-way comparison of data and derived statistics from the following:

• Observers in the manned aircraft;

• Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the manned aircraft;

• Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

Distribution Information

  • This dataset includes two comma seperated files containing data and metadata from three cetacean observation methods from two platforms, the manned Turbo Commander aircraft and the unmanned ScanEagle. The ACEs' imagery described here was collected and analyzed in order to conduct a 3-way comparison of data and derived statistics from the following:Observers in the manned aircraft; Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the manned aircraft,Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs) study was designed to evaluate the ability of UAS technology (i.e., airframe, payloads, sensors, and software) to detect cetaceans, identify individuals to species, estimate group size, identify calves, and estimate density in arctic waters, relative to conventional aerial surveys conducted by human observers in fixed wing aircraft and to photographic strip transect data collected from the manned aircraft.

Access Constraints:

User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data is suggested.

Controlled Theme Keywords

biota, oceans

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Type Title
Entity ACES Imagery

Contact Information

Distributor
National Centers For Environmental Information (Boulder) (NCEI-Boulder)
303-497-6826

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-159.3° W, -153.1° E, 72° N, 71° S

Beaufort Sea

Time Frame 1
2015-08-26 - 2015-09-07

Item Identification

Title: Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015
Short Name: Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015
Status: Completed
Creation Date: 2015
Abstract:

The Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs) study was designed to evaluate the ability of UAS technology (i.e., airframe, payloads, sensors, and software) to detect cetaceans, identify individuals to species, estimate group size, identify calves, and estimate density in arctic waters, relative to conventional aerial surveys conducted by human observers in fixed wing aircraft and to photographic strip transect data collected from the manned aircraft. The ACEs’ imagery described here was collected and analyzed in order to conduct a 3-way comparison of data and derived statistics from the following:

• Observers in the manned aircraft;

• Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the manned aircraft;

• Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

Purpose:

To understand what research questions involving cetacean distribution and density can be addressed using manned and UAS technology in the Arctic, we conducted a three-way comparison among visual observations made by marine mammal observers aboard a Turbo Commander aircraft; imagery autonomously collected by a Nikon D810 camera system mounted to a belly port on the Turbo Commander; and imagery collected by a similar camera system on a remotely controlled ScanEagle® UAS operated by the US Navy.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
None Aerial line-transect survey
None Bowhead whale

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Summer

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Northeastern Chukchi Sea
None Western Beaufort Sea

Physical Location

Organization: National Marine Mammal Laboratory
City: Seattle
State/Province: WA
Country: United States

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Spreadsheet
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

The dataset contains the Filename, latitude, longitude, AGL (altitude of aircraft in meters), date and time of each image collected during the ACEs project.

Data Set Credit: This study was funded in part by awards from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Office of Naval Research, U.S. Navy, and the NOAA UAS Program Office, OAR to NOAA Fisheries.

Support Roles

Distributor

CC ID: 880860
Date Effective From: 2019
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): National Centers For Environmental Information (Boulder) (NCEI-Boulder)
Address: E/GC 325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Phone: 303-497-6826
URL: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
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Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 866880
W° Bound: -159.3
E° Bound: -153.1
N° Bound: 72
S° Bound: 71
Description

Beaufort Sea

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 866881
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2015-08-26
End: 2015-09-07

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Policy:

There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed.

Data Access Constraints:

User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data is suggested.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 880859
Start Date: 2019
End Date: Present
Download URL: http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0204167
Distributor: National Centers For Environmental Information (Boulder) (NCEI-Boulder) (2019 - Present)
File Name: Cetacean digital photography and aerial observer data collected by an unmanned aerial vehicle and ma
Description:

This dataset includes two comma seperated files containing data and metadata from three cetacean observation methods from two platforms, the manned Turbo Commander aircraft and the unmanned ScanEagle. The ACEs' imagery described here was collected and analyzed in order to conduct a 3-way comparison of data and derived statistics from the following:Observers in the manned aircraft; Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the manned aircraft,Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs) study was designed to evaluate the ability of UAS technology (i.e., airframe, payloads, sensors, and software) to detect cetaceans, identify individuals to species, estimate group size, identify calves, and estimate density in arctic waters, relative to conventional aerial surveys conducted by human observers in fixed wing aircraft and to photographic strip transect data collected from the manned aircraft.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Two observers analyzed a portion of the same imagery independently.

Completeness Report:

Not applicable.

Conceptual Consistency:

Not applicable.

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Double observer reviewed and manual data checks were for accuracy were performed by the lead observer.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: No
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: Unknown
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: NCEI-MD
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: Unknown
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions, operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Western Regional Support Center in Seattle, Washington, following a disruption.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

The UAS flight team conducted flights of the ScanEagle® and the ASAMM manned aerial survey team conducted flights in a Turbo Commander 690A aircraft on 5 days during the study. Digital images were collected using Nikon D810 DSLRs, a Nikkor 20mm lens, and a Zeiss 21mm lens. An image was taken every 3 seconds during each flight in order to ensure at least a 33% overlap between images at a survey altitude of 1050ft and a speed of 60 kts. Every 3rd image that fell within the study area was reviewed by a trained observer for the presence or absence of marine mammals, and every sighting was confirmed by a second trained observer.

Metadata for the concurrent ASAMM survey can be found here: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17338.

Sources

Comparing manned to unmanned aerial surveys for cetacean monitoring in the Arctic: methods and operational results

CC ID: 867236
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Person
Contact Name: Robyn Angliss
Publish Date: 2018-05-07
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2015
Citation URL: https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/juvs-2018-0001#.XUtMKOhKg-U
Citation URL Name: Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems
Source Contribution:

Describes the project in detail and provides recommendations for future projects to help streamline project planning and enhance researchers’ ability to use UAS to collect data needed for ecological research.

Performance of manned and unmanned aerial surveys to collect visual data and imagery for estimating arctic cetacean density and associated uncertainty

CC ID: 867237
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Person
Contact Name: Megan Ferguson
Publish Date: 2018-05-07
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2015
Citation URL: https://doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2018-0002
Citation URL Name: Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems
Source Contribution:

Provides recommendations for the types of cetacean study objectives that can likely be met by UAS currently and in the near future.

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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 57143
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:57143
Metadata Record Created By: Janice Waite
Metadata Record Created: 2019-08-06 18:19+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-30 18:09+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-10-03
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-10-03
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-10-03