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TO18Wi_T2_NonMammals_20211015.csv

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65758 | Updated: October 17, 2023 | Published / External

Item Identification

Title:	TO18Wi_T2_NonMammals_20211015.csv
Short Name:	non marine mammal sightings -- aft team
Status:	Completed
Publication Date:	2021-10
Abstract:	Non-mammal (cetacean) opportunistic occurrences (ex. Sea turtles, rays, sharks) with calculated perpendicular distances for the aft team (T2):
Purpose:	non-marine mammal occurrences; main goal is to provide occurrence’s attributes, location, and distance from platform

Entity Information

Entity Type:	Data Table
Active Version?:	Yes
Description:	Non-mammal (cetacean) opportunistic occurrences (ex. Sea turtles, rays, sharks) with calculated perpendicular distances for the aft team (T2):

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
100	surveyEventID	Character	Unique identifier to a survey (vessel or aircraft based) event. For vessel survey: composed of the vessel's acronym followed by a 2-digit survey year and a 2-digit consecutive mission-number on that vessel (a.k.a cruise code). Cruise name / Cruise Number
100	eventID	numeric	Unique numeric identifier for each survey effort point recorded at regular time intervals. For vessel surveys: approximately every 30 seconds. For aerial surveys: approximately every 10 seconds. This is the indexing number that allows each marine mammal sighting, non-mammal occurence and cue to be linked to the effort points. See also dwc:eventID
100	eventdate	time	Local date-time during data recording.
100	occurrenceID	numeric	The unique identifier for the Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting).
100	matchedOccurrenceID	Numeric	The unique identifier assigned to the matched Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting) from the other survey team. Sightings were matched if time between sightings was < 15 seconds, if seen on same side of plane (when known), if SightingAngle differed <= 15 degrees, and individualCount was equal.
100	occurrenceAttributes	character	A list (concatenated and separated) indicating the type and description of the Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting). Usually this is a description of an organism, but need not be so
100	observationLocation	character	Description of where on the vessel the observer was located when the animal was first detected. For vessel survey:
100	onEffort	character	Effort status designating if observers were on effort (e.g. observers actively scanning for marine mammals through the big eye binoculars with the vessel steadily cruising on the trackline) or off effort (e.g. observers searching naked eyed, whenever the ship was maneuvering and turning onto a new trackline, if other operations were taking place, during bad weather and whenever observers were not actively searching for cetaceans through the big eyes) at the moment of data recording. Y=Yes (on effort), N=No (off effort). For vessel survey: #1=vessel's Flying Bridge, #2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck).
100	individualCount	Numeric	The number of individuals present at the time of the Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting).
100	individualCountRange	character	Range for the number of individuals present at the time of the Occurrence
100	verticalAngle	Numeric	Angle from the plane to the sighting measured with a digital inclinometer.
100	verticalIncrement	Character	Interval for the sighting based on markings on the belly port splitting the window into sections with numbers from 1 to 4 and letters to designate the left (L) or right (R) side in relation to the plane, with 1 being closest to the center of the window, i.e., closest to the trackline. Observers record the section of the window when the sighting is directly under the aircraft.
100	sightingDistanceInMeters	Numeric	Radial distance calculated based on the distance reading (reticle or meters) and the observationHeight (Lerczak and Hobbs, 1998. Calculating sighting distances from angular readings during shipboard, aerial, and shore-based marine mammal surveys. Marine Mammal Science, Vol. 14(3):590-599)
100	observationHeight	numeric	Height in meters of each observationLocation (for vessel survey: flying bridge or bridge wing) from the water surface to the big eyes binoculars at an average's adult height. Measurement is specific to each platform (vessel).
100	platformLatitude	Numeric	The latitude of the platform at the moment of data recording.
100	platformLongitude	Numeric	The longitude of the platform at the moment of data recording
100	Behavior	character	The behavior shown by the subject at the time the sighting was recorded.
100	eventDateTimeZone	Numeric	Number Of Hours From Greenwich meantime
100	typeVLTS	character	One-character string to flag only the initial sighting records which can be used in density and abundance estimation. Opportunistic and subsequent sighting records can be included in the dataset, but these are easily identified from this term for exclusion from abundance and density modeling. The fixed vocabulary terms are: F = first observation sighting on transect, O = opportunistic sighting, S = subsequent sighting either on or off transect, Null = for position-only records or non-VLTS datasets.
100	platformVLTS	character	One-character string to flag survey platform type for visual line transect surveys. For aerial surveys: All records flagged “A” For boat-based surveys: All records flagged “B”.
100	geodeticDatum	character	The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in decimal Latitude and decimal Longitude as based.
100	higherInstitutionCode	Character	Institution codes, in the form of abbreviated institution names, separated by semicolons, that define the hierarchy of institutions within which the data originator operates. Includes the originating institution as the lowest level (rightmost) code.
100	platformAttributes	character	Model, name and/or other proper characteristics of the platform where the survey was conducted. For vessel: e.g. NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, NOAA Ship Pisces. For aerial survey: e.g. NOAA De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter.
100	relatedProjectProgram	character	Official project and/or program under which the survey was conducted (e.g. AMAPPS, GoMMAPPS). If applicable.

Name

Type

Description

100

surveyEventID

Character

Unique identifier to a survey (vessel or aircraft based) event. For vessel survey: composed of the vessel's acronym followed by a 2-digit survey year and a 2-digit consecutive mission-number on that vessel (a.k.a cruise code). Cruise name / Cruise Number

100

eventID

numeric

Unique numeric identifier for each survey effort point recorded at regular time intervals. For vessel surveys: approximately every 30 seconds. For aerial surveys: approximately every 10 seconds. This is the indexing number that allows each marine mammal sighting, non-mammal occurence and cue to be linked to the effort points. See also dwc:eventID

100

eventdate

time

Local date-time during data recording.

100

occurrenceID

numeric

The unique identifier for the Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting).

100

matchedOccurrenceID

Numeric

The unique identifier assigned to the matched Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting) from the other survey team. Sightings were matched if time between sightings was < 15 seconds, if seen on same side of plane (when known), if SightingAngle differed <= 15 degrees, and individualCount was equal.

100

occurrenceAttributes

character

A list (concatenated and separated) indicating the type and description of the Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting). Usually this is a description of an organism, but need not be so

100

observationLocation

character

Description of where on the vessel the observer was located when the animal was first detected. For vessel survey:

100

onEffort

character

Effort status designating if observers were on effort (e.g. observers actively scanning for marine mammals through the big eye binoculars with the vessel steadily cruising on the trackline) or off effort (e.g. observers searching naked eyed, whenever the ship was maneuvering and turning onto a new trackline, if other operations were taking place, during bad weather and whenever observers were not actively searching for cetaceans through the big eyes) at the moment of data recording. Y=Yes (on effort), N=No (off effort). For vessel survey: #1=vessel's Flying Bridge, #2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck).

100

individualCount

Numeric

The number of individuals present at the time of the Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting).

100

individualCountRange

character

Range for the number of individuals present at the time of the Occurrence

100

verticalAngle

Numeric

Angle from the plane to the sighting measured with a digital inclinometer.

100

verticalIncrement

Character

Interval for the sighting based on markings on the belly port splitting the window into sections with numbers from 1 to 4 and letters to designate the left (L) or right (R) side in relation to the plane, with 1 being closest to the center of the window, i.e., closest to the trackline. Observers record the section of the window when the sighting is directly under the aircraft.

100

sightingDistanceInMeters

Numeric

Radial distance calculated based on the distance reading (reticle or meters) and the observationHeight (Lerczak and Hobbs, 1998. Calculating sighting distances from angular readings during shipboard, aerial, and shore-based marine mammal surveys. Marine Mammal Science, Vol. 14(3):590-599)

100

observationHeight

numeric

Height in meters of each observationLocation (for vessel survey: flying bridge or bridge wing) from the water surface to the big eyes binoculars at an average's adult height. Measurement is specific to each platform (vessel).

100

platformLatitude

Numeric

The latitude of the platform at the moment of data recording.

100

platformLongitude

Numeric

The longitude of the platform at the moment of data recording

100

Behavior

character

The behavior shown by the subject at the time the sighting was recorded.

100

eventDateTimeZone

Numeric

Number Of Hours From Greenwich meantime

100

typeVLTS

character

One-character string to flag only the initial sighting records which can be used in density and abundance estimation. Opportunistic and subsequent sighting records can be included in the dataset, but these are easily identified from this term for exclusion from abundance and density modeling. The fixed vocabulary terms are: F = first observation sighting on transect, O = opportunistic sighting, S = subsequent sighting either on or off transect, Null = for position-only records or non-VLTS datasets.

100

platformVLTS

character

One-character string to flag survey platform type for visual line transect surveys. For aerial surveys: All records flagged “A” For boat-based surveys: All records flagged “B”.

100

geodeticDatum

character

The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in decimal Latitude and decimal Longitude as based.

100

higherInstitutionCode

Character

Institution codes, in the form of abbreviated institution names, separated by semicolons, that define the hierarchy of institutions within which the data originator operates. Includes the originating institution as the lowest level (rightmost) code.

100

platformAttributes

character

Model, name and/or other proper characteristics of the platform where the survey was conducted. For vessel: e.g. NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, NOAA Ship Pisces. For aerial survey: e.g. NOAA De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter.

100

relatedProjectProgram

character

Official project and/or program under which the survey was conducted (e.g. AMAPPS, GoMMAPPS). If applicable.

Attribute Details

surveyEventID

CC ID: 1095271

Seq. Order:	10
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	6
Min Length:	6
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Unique identifier to a survey (vessel or aircraft based) event. For vessel survey: composed of the vessel's acronym followed by a 2-digit survey year and a 2-digit consecutive mission-number on that vessel (a.k.a cruise code). Cruise name / Cruise Number
Derivation:	Made up of a combination of a two character Boat Abbreviation : GU = Gordon Gunther a two digit year: 18 for 2018 a two digit cruise number: 01 for first cruise of the year

eventID

CC ID: 1095253

Seq. Order:	20
Data Storage Type:	numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Unique numeric identifier for each survey effort point recorded at regular time intervals. For vessel surveys: approximately every 30 seconds. For aerial surveys: approximately every 10 seconds. This is the indexing number that allows each marine mammal sighting, non-mammal occurence and cue to be linked to the effort points. See also dwc:eventID

eventdate

CC ID: 1095254

Seq. Order:	40
Data Storage Type:	time
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Local date-time during data recording.
Format Mask:	YYYY-MM-DDHH24:MN:SS

occurrenceID

CC ID: 1095262

Seq. Order:	50
Data Storage Type:	numeric
Max Length:	4
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	Yes
Status:	Active
Description:	The unique identifier for the Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting).

matchedOccurrenceID

CC ID: 1095287

Seq. Order:	55
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	6
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The unique identifier assigned to the matched Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting) from the other survey team. Sightings were matched if time between sightings was < 15 seconds, if seen on same side of plane (when known), if SightingAngle differed <= 15 degrees, and individualCount was equal.
Null Value:	N/A
Null Value Meaning:	The animal was seen by one of the two people. but not both

occurrenceAttributes

CC ID: 1095261

Seq. Order:	60
Data Storage Type:	character
Max Length:	80
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	A list (concatenated and separated) indicating the type and description of the Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting). Usually this is a description of an organism, but need not be so

observationLocation

CC ID: 1095260

Seq. Order:	70
Data Storage Type:	character
Max Length:	1
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Description of where on the vessel the observer was located when the animal was first detected. For vessel survey:
Allowed Values:	1=vessel's Flying Bridge (FB), 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (BW) (a.k.a. bridge deck).

onEffort

CC ID: 1095263

Seq. Order:	80
Data Storage Type:	character
Max Length:	1
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Effort status designating if observers were on effort (e.g. observers actively scanning for marine mammals through the big eye binoculars with the vessel steadily cruising on the trackline) or off effort (e.g. observers searching naked eyed, whenever the ship was maneuvering and turning onto a new trackline, if other operations were taking place, during bad weather and whenever observers were not actively searching for cetaceans through the big eyes) at the moment of data recording. Y=Yes (on effort), N=No (off effort). For vessel survey: #1=vessel's Flying Bridge, #2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck).
Allowed Values:	Y,N

individualCount

CC ID: 1095257

Seq. Order:	90
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The number of individuals present at the time of the Occurrence (non-marine mammal sighting).

individualCountRange

CC ID: 1095258

Seq. Order:	100
Data Storage Type:	character
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Range for the number of individuals present at the time of the Occurrence
Allowed Values:	0=unknown, 1=less than 10, 2=10-50, 3=50-100, 4=100-500, 5=more than 500

verticalAngle

CC ID: 1095288

Seq. Order:	105
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	3
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Angle from the plane to the sighting measured with a digital inclinometer.
Null Value:	NA
Null Value Meaning:	Not Available

verticalIncrement

CC ID: 1095289

Seq. Order:	107
Data Storage Type:	Character
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Interval for the sighting based on markings on the belly port splitting the window into sections with numbers from 1 to 4 and letters to designate the left (L) or right (R) side in relation to the plane, with 1 being closest to the center of the window, i.e., closest to the trackline. Observers record the section of the window when the sighting is directly under the aircraft.
Null Value:	NA
Null Value Meaning:	Not Available
Allowed Values:	1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R

sightingDistanceInMeters

CC ID: 1095270

Seq. Order:	150
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Radial distance calculated based on the distance reading (reticle or meters) and the observationHeight (Lerczak and Hobbs, 1998. Calculating sighting distances from angular readings during shipboard, aerial, and shore-based marine mammal surveys. Marine Mammal Science, Vol. 14(3):590-599)

observationHeight

CC ID: 1095259

Seq. Order:	170
Data Storage Type:	numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Height in meters of each observationLocation (for vessel survey: flying bridge or bridge wing) from the water surface to the big eyes binoculars at an average's adult height. Measurement is specific to each platform (vessel).
Unit of Measure:	meters

platformLatitude

CC ID: 1095265

Seq. Order:	180
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The latitude of the platform at the moment of data recording.
Unit of Measure:	degrees latitude

platformLongitude

CC ID: 1095266

Seq. Order:	190
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The longitude of the platform at the moment of data recording
Unit of Measure:	Degrees Longitude

Behavior

CC ID: 1095269

Seq. Order:	192
Data Storage Type:	character
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The behavior shown by the subject at the time the sighting was recorded.
Allowed Values:	0=Not Observed, 1=At Surface, 2=Submerged, 3=Diving.

eventDateTimeZone

CC ID: 1095272

Seq. Order:	195
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	2
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Number Of Hours From Greenwich meantime
Format Mask:	YYYY-MM-DDHH24:MN:SS

typeVLTS

CC ID: 1095273

Seq. Order:	200
Data Storage Type:	character
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	One-character string to flag only the initial sighting records which can be used in density and abundance estimation. Opportunistic and subsequent sighting records can be included in the dataset, but these are easily identified from this term for exclusion from abundance and density modeling. The fixed vocabulary terms are: F = first observation sighting on transect, O = opportunistic sighting, S = subsequent sighting either on or off transect, Null = for position-only records or non-VLTS datasets.

platformVLTS

CC ID: 1095267

Seq. Order:	210
Data Storage Type:	character
Max Length:	1
Min Length:	1
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	One-character string to flag survey platform type for visual line transect surveys. For aerial surveys: All records flagged “A” For boat-based surveys: All records flagged “B”.

geodeticDatum

CC ID: 1095255

Seq. Order:	220
Data Storage Type:	character
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in decimal Latitude and decimal Longitude as based.

higherInstitutionCode

CC ID: 1095256

Seq. Order:	230
Data Storage Type:	Character
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Institution codes, in the form of abbreviated institution names, separated by semicolons, that define the hierarchy of institutions within which the data originator operates. Includes the originating institution as the lowest level (rightmost) code.

platformAttributes

CC ID: 1095264

Seq. Order:	240
Data Storage Type:	character
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Model, name and/or other proper characteristics of the platform where the survey was conducted. For vessel: e.g. NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, NOAA Ship Pisces. For aerial survey: e.g. NOAA De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter.

relatedProjectProgram

CC ID: 1095268

Seq. Order:	250
Data Storage Type:	character
Max Length:	100
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Official project and/or program under which the survey was conducted (e.g. AMAPPS, GoMMAPPS). If applicable.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 1095914

Date Effective From:	2021
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Litz, Jenny
Address:	75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33139
Email Address:	Jenny.Litz@noaa.gov
Phone:	305-361-4224
Fax:	305-365-4102

Distributor

CC ID: 1095915

Date Effective From:	2021
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
Address:	NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone:	(301) 713-3277

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 1095916

Date Effective From:	2021
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Dias, Laura A
Address:	75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149
Email Address:	laura.dias@noaa.gov
Phone:	(305) 361-4269
URL:	ORCID Page Laura Dias

Originator

CC ID: 1095917

Date Effective From:	2018
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
Address:	75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA
Phone:	(305)361-5761
URL:	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
Business Hours:	8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1095918

Date Effective From:	2021
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Dias, Laura A
Address:	75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149
Email Address:	laura.dias@noaa.gov
Phone:	(305) 361-4269
URL:	ORCID Page Laura Dias

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1095919

Date Effective From:	2021
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Rappucci, Gina
Address:	75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149
Email Address:	gina.rappucci@noaa.gov
Phone:	(305) 361-4283

Principal Investigator

CC ID: 1095920

Date Effective From:	2018
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Mullin, Keith D
Address:	3209 Frederic St. Pascagoula, MS 39568
Email Address:	keith.d.mullin@noaa.gov
Phone:	228-549-1632
Fax:	228-769-9200

Principal Investigator

CC ID: 1095921

Date Effective From:	2018
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Litz, Jenny
Address:	75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33139
Email Address:	Jenny.Litz@noaa.gov
Phone:	305-361-4224
Fax:	305-365-4102

Principal Investigator

CC ID: 1095922

Date Effective From:	2018
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Garrison, Lance
Address:	75 Virginia Beach Dr Miami, FL 33149
Email Address:	Lance.Garrison@noaa.gov
Phone:	305-361-4488
Fax:	305-361-4478
Business Hours:	8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT

Publisher

CC ID: 1095924

Date Effective From:	2021
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
Address:	NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone:	(301) 713-3277

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Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1095286

Start Date:	2021
End Date:	Present
Download URL:	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0242273/1.1/data/0-data/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_VisualSightingData/TO18Wi_T2_NonMammals_20211015.csv
Distributor:	National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2021 - Present)
File Name:	TO18Wi_T2_NonMammals_20211015.csv
Description:	Non-mammal (cetacean) opportunistic occurrences (ex. Sea turtles, rays, sharks) with calculated perpendicular distances for the aft team (T2):
File Date/Time:	2021-10-15 15:54:00
File Type (Deprecated):	csv
Distribution Format:	CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
File Size:	85K
Compression:	Uncompressed
Review Status:	Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID:	65758
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65758
Metadata Record Created By:	Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created:	2021-10-31 11:21+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2022-09-25
Owner Org:	SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2021-10-31
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2022-10-31