57143
Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015
Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015
Data Set
Published / External
23107
Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program
Project
Completed
2015
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).
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.
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
Theme
Aerial line-transect survey
Theme
Bowhead whale
Temporal
Summer
Spatial
Northeastern Chukchi Sea
Spatial
Western Beaufort Sea
National Marine Mammal Laboratory
Seattle
WA
United States
Data Set
Spreadsheet
None Planned
Table (digital)
The dataset contains the Filename, latitude, longitude, AGL (altitude of aircraft in meters), date and time of each image collected during the ACEs project.
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.
57144
ACES Imagery
ACES Imagery
Published / External
Completed
Data File
The dataset contains the Filename, latitude, longitude, AGL (altitude of aircraft in meters), date and time of each image collected during the ACEs project
1
Filename
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
File name that photo is from.
VARCHAR
2
Lat
NUMBER
No
No
Active
latitude in decimal degrees
3
Long
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Longitude in decimal degrees
4
AGL
Number
No
No
Active
Altitude of aircraft, or height above ground level, in meters.
5
Date
DATE
No
No
Active
Date of photo collection
6
Timestamp
TIME
No
No
Active
Time of photo collection
Collaborator
2015
2019
Person
Ferguson, Megan
megan.ferguson@noaa.gov
Collaborator
2015
2019
Person
Angliss, Robyn
robyn.angliss@noaa.gov
7600 Sand Point Way, NE
Seattle
WA
98115-6349
206-526-4032
206-526-6615
Collaborator
2015
2019
Person
Kennedy, Amy
amy.kennedy@noaa.gov
Data Steward
2015
2019
Person
Ferguson, Megan
megan.ferguson@noaa.gov
Distributor
2019
Organization
National Centers For Environmental Information (Boulder)
NCEI-Boulder
E/GC 325 Broadway
Boulder
CO
80305-3328
303-497-6826
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
Metadata Contact
2015
2019
Person
MC, Metadata Coordinators
AFSC.metadata@noaa.gov
Point of Contact
2015
2019
Person
Angliss, Robyn
robyn.angliss@noaa.gov
7600 Sand Point Way, NE
Seattle
WA
98115-6349
206-526-4032
206-526-6615
Ground Condition
-159.3
-153.1
72
71
Beaufort Sea
Range
2015-08-26
2015-09-07
Unclassified
There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed.
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.
2019
http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0204167
2019
Organization
National Centers For Environmental Information (Boulder)
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.
Two observers analyzed a portion of the same imagery independently.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Double observer reviewed and manual data checks were for accuracy were performed by the lead observer.
No
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
NCEI-MD
Unknown
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.
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.
Comparing manned to unmanned aerial surveys for cetacean monitoring in the Arctic: methods and operational results
Person
Robyn Angliss
Originator
2018-05-07
Discrete
2015
https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/juvs-2018-0001#.XUtMKOhKg-U
Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems
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
Person
Megan Ferguson
Originator
2018-05-07
Discrete
2015
https://doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2018-0002
Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems
Provides recommendations for the types of cetacean study objectives that can likely be met by UAS currently and in the near future.
57144
Entity
ACES Imagery
57329
Entity
ACEs_2015
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:57143
Janice Waite
2019-08-06T18:19:12
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-05-30T18:09:41
2019-10-03
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
AFSC
7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4
Seattle
WA
98115
USA
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov
0700-1700 Pacific Time
1001
Public
No
2019-10-03
1 Year
2020-10-03