Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015
Data Set (DS) | Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:57143 | Updated: May 30, 2023 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 2024: Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/57143.
Full Citation Examples
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
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Cetacean digital photography and aerial observer data collected by an unmanned aerial vehicle and ma
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.
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
Child Items
Type | Title |
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Entity | ACES Imagery |
Contact Information
Distributor
National Centers For Environmental Information (Boulder) (NCEI-Boulder)
303-497-6826
Extents
-159.3° W,
-153.1° E,
72° N,
71° S
Beaufort Sea
2015-08-26 - 2015-09-07
Item Identification
Title: | Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015 |
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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 |
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
biota
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
oceans
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Aerial line-transect survey |
None | Bowhead whale |
Temporal Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Summer |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Northeastern Chukchi Sea |
None | Western Beaufort Sea |
Physical Location
Organization: | National Marine Mammal Laboratory |
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City: | Seattle |
State/Province: | WA |
Country: | United States |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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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
Date Effective From: | 2019 |
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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/ |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -159.3 | |
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E° Bound: | -153.1 | |
N° Bound: | 72 | |
S° Bound: | 71 | |
Description |
Beaufort Sea |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2015-08-26 |
End: | 2015-09-07 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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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
Start Date: | 2019 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Sources
Comparing manned to unmanned aerial surveys for cetacean monitoring in the Arctic: methods and operational results
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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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
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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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. |
Child Items
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Type | Title | |
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Entity | ACES Imagery |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 57143 |
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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 |