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Effort points with sampling conditions collected by the aft team (T2)

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Effort points with sampling conditions collected by the aft team

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
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
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
eventdate
time
Local date-time during data recording.
platformLatitude
Numeric
The latitude of the platform at the moment of data recording.
platformLongitude
Numeric
The longitude of the platform at the moment of data recording
platformspeed
numeric
Speed of the platform (vessel or aircraft) over ground (SOG) at the time of data recording.
platformheading
Numeric
Platform direction of travel in true bearing in degrees.
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 .
observerLeft
Numeric
Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) according to observationLocationPosition (For vessel survey: Left, Center, Right) and observationLocation (1=vessel's Flying Bridge, 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck)).
observerRight
numeric
Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) according to observationLocationPosition (For vessel survey: Left, Center, Right) and observationLocation (1=vessel's Flying Bridge, 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck)).
observerbelly
character
Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) according to observationLocationPosition (For vessel survey: Left, Center, Right. For aerial survey: Left, Right, Belly) and observationLocation (1=vessel's Flying Bridge, 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck)).
observerRecorder
character
Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) in the data recorder role.
Trackline
Numeric
Unique identifier for the trackline. The trackline is defined as the line of travel that the platform is actually doing, which may not necessarily be the proposed line that was in the original design.Trackline numbers are unique for each survey day.
beaufortSeaState
Numeric
Number corresponding to Beaufort sea state (scale 0 to 12) to describe sea conditions. Please see https://www.weather.gov/pqr/beaufort
samplingConditionsWeather
character
Absence or presence of precipitation.
samplingConditionsGlareRight
Character
Presence of glare, evaluated as the percentage obstruction of the visual field (180 degrees).
samplingConditionsGlareBelly
character
Absence or presence of glare, evaluated with naked eye as the percentage obstruction of the visual field (180 degrees).
samplingConditionsGlareIntensityright
character
Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings.
samplingConditionsGlareIntensityBelly
character
Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings
samplingConditionsConditions
character
Overall and cumulative assessment of likelihood of detecting a sighting based on all environmental parameters.
samplingConditionsCloudCover
character
Absence or presence of clouds evaluated as the percentage obstruction of the sky (360 degrees).
samplingConditionsHaze
character
Absence or presence of haze.
samplingConditionsFog
character
Absence or presence of fog.
samplingConditionsSunPenetration
character
Degree of sun penetration on the water.
samplingConditionsTurbidity
character
Level of turbidity of the water and visibility through out the water.
eventDateTimeZone
Numeric
The time zone of the observation event, expressed as +/- hh:mm offset from UTC.
platformVLTS
character
One-character string to flag survey platform type for visual line transect surveys.
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.
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.
permitNumber
character
Research permit number issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) for research activities on marine mammals.
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.
relatedProjectProgram
character
Official project and/or program under which the survey was conducted (e.g. AMAPPS, GoMMAPPS). If applicable.
samplingConditionsVisibility
character
Overall and cumulative assessment of likelihood of detecting a sighting based on all environmental paramet

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National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
(301) 713-3277

Item Identification

Title: NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Fa_T2_EffortPoints_20211117.csv
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2021
Abstract:

Effort points with sampling conditions collected by the aft team (T2)

Purpose:

effort-point data; main goal is to provide sampling conditions recorded by observers and platform movement during marine mammal visual observations by the aft team (T2)

Supplemental Information:

Within files for each team, effort points can be cross-referenced to cues, sightings, and non-mammal occurrences via eventID

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Description:

Effort points with sampling conditions collected by the aft team

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? 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
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
platformspeed numeric Speed of the platform (vessel or aircraft) over ground (SOG) at the time of data recording.
100
platformheading Numeric Platform direction of travel in true bearing in degrees.
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 .
100
observerLeft Numeric Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) according to observationLocationPosition (For vessel survey: Left, Center, Right) and observationLocation (1=vessel's Flying Bridge, 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck)).
100
observerRight numeric Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) according to observationLocationPosition (For vessel survey: Left, Center, Right) and observationLocation (1=vessel's Flying Bridge, 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck)).
100
observerbelly character Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) according to observationLocationPosition (For vessel survey: Left, Center, Right. For aerial survey: Left, Right, Belly) and observationLocation (1=vessel's Flying Bridge, 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck)).
100
observerRecorder character Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) in the data recorder role.
100
Trackline Numeric Unique identifier for the trackline. The trackline is defined as the line of travel that the platform is actually doing, which may not necessarily be the proposed line that was in the original design.Trackline numbers are unique for each survey day.
100
beaufortSeaState Numeric Number corresponding to Beaufort sea state (scale 0 to 12) to describe sea conditions. Please see https://www.weather.gov/pqr/beaufort
100
samplingConditionsWeather character Absence or presence of precipitation.
100
samplingConditionsGlareRight Character Presence of glare, evaluated as the percentage obstruction of the visual field (180 degrees).
100
samplingConditionsGlareBelly character Absence or presence of glare, evaluated with naked eye as the percentage obstruction of the visual field (180 degrees).
100
samplingConditionsGlareIntensityright character Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings.
100
samplingConditionsGlareIntensityBelly character Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings
100
samplingConditionsConditions character Overall and cumulative assessment of likelihood of detecting a sighting based on all environmental parameters.
100
samplingConditionsCloudCover character Absence or presence of clouds evaluated as the percentage obstruction of the sky (360 degrees).
100
samplingConditionsHaze character Absence or presence of haze.
100
samplingConditionsFog character Absence or presence of fog.
100
samplingConditionsSunPenetration character Degree of sun penetration on the water.
100
samplingConditionsTurbidity character Level of turbidity of the water and visibility through out the water.
100
eventDateTimeZone Numeric The time zone of the observation event, expressed as +/- hh:mm offset from UTC.
100
platformVLTS character One-character string to flag survey platform type for visual line transect surveys.
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
permitNumber character Research permit number issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) for research activities on marine mammals.
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.
100
samplingConditionsVisibility character Overall and cumulative assessment of likelihood of detecting a sighting based on all environmental paramet

Attribute Details

surveyEventID

CC ID: 1118988
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: 1118959
Seq. Order: 15
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: 1118960
Seq. Order: 24
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

platformLatitude

CC ID: 1118970
Seq. Order: 28
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: 1118971
Seq. Order: 32
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

platformspeed

CC ID: 1118974
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Speed of the platform (vessel or aircraft) over ground (SOG) at the time of data recording.

Unit of Measure: knots

platformheading

CC ID: 1118973
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Platform direction of travel in true bearing in degrees.

onEffort

CC ID: 1118967
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 .

Allowed Values: Y = Yes N = No

observerLeft

CC ID: 1118963
Seq. Order: 90
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 2
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) according to observationLocationPosition (For vessel survey: Left, Center, Right) and observationLocation (1=vessel's Flying Bridge, 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck)).

observerRight

CC ID: 1118965
Seq. Order: 110
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 2
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) according to observationLocationPosition (For vessel survey: Left, Center, Right) and observationLocation (1=vessel's Flying Bridge, 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck)).

observerbelly

CC ID: 1118966
Seq. Order: 125
Data Storage Type: character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) according to observationLocationPosition (For vessel survey: Left, Center, Right. For aerial survey: Left, Right, Belly) and observationLocation (1=vessel's Flying Bridge, 2=vessel's Bridge Wing (a.k.a. bridge deck)).

Format Mask: YYYY-MM-DDHH24:MN:SS

observerRecorder

CC ID: 1118964
Seq. Order: 135
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Numeric codes for observers (as in recordedBy) in the data recorder role.

Trackline

CC ID: 1118956
Seq. Order: 145
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 2
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique identifier for the trackline. The trackline is defined as the line of travel that the platform is actually doing, which may not necessarily be the proposed line that was in the original design.Trackline numbers are unique for each survey day.

beaufortSeaState

CC ID: 1118957
Seq. Order: 150
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number corresponding to Beaufort sea state (scale 0 to 12) to describe sea conditions. Please see https://www.weather.gov/pqr/beaufort

Allowed Values: 0=Calm, mirror like seas; 1=Waves <1ft, rippled surface; 2=Small wavelets (<2 ft), no white caps; 3=Large wavelets (<3ft), scattered white caps; 4=Swell 3-4 ft, numerous white caps, 5=Swell >5 ft, many white caps, some spray; 6= Swell >10 ft, white caps everywhere, spray [Vessel is not out if Beaufort scale > 6)

samplingConditionsWeather

CC ID: 1118987
Seq. Order: 165
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Absence or presence of precipitation.

Allowed Values: 0=Clear, 1=Mist, 2=Light Rain, 3=Heavy Rain

samplingConditionsGlareRight

CC ID: 1118981
Seq. Order: 180
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Presence of glare, evaluated as the percentage obstruction of the visual field (180 degrees).

Allowed Values: 0=No Glare, 1=<10% obstruction of visual field, 2=10-25%, 3=26-50%, 4=51-75%, 5=>75%

samplingConditionsGlareBelly

CC ID: 1118979
Seq. Order: 182
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Absence or presence of glare, evaluated with naked eye as the percentage obstruction of the visual field (180 degrees).

Allowed Values: 0=No Glare, 1=<10% obstruction of visual field, 2=10-25%, 3=26-50%, 4=51-75%, 5=>75%

samplingConditionsGlareIntensityright

CC ID: 1118980
Seq. Order: 184
Data Storage Type: character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings.

Allowed Values: 0=No Impairment, 1=Slight Impairment, 2=Moderate Impairment, 3=Severe Impairment

samplingConditionsGlareIntensityBelly

CC ID: 1118982
Seq. Order: 185
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings

Allowed Values: 0=No Impairment, 1=Slight Impairment, 2=Moderate Impairment, 3=Severe Impairment

samplingConditionsConditions

CC ID: 1118977
Seq. Order: 187
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Overall and cumulative assessment of likelihood of detecting a sighting based on all environmental parameters.

Allowed Values: 0=Poor, 1=Fair, 2=Moderate, 3=Good, 4=Excellent

samplingConditionsCloudCover

CC ID: 1118976
Seq. Order: 190
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Absence or presence of clouds evaluated as the percentage obstruction of the sky (360 degrees).

Allowed Values: 0=Clear, 1=0-25% Cloudy, 2=26-50% Cloudy, 3=51-75% Cloudy, 4=76-100% Cloudy, 5=Overcast

samplingConditionsHaze

CC ID: 1118983
Seq. Order: 195
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Absence or presence of haze.

Allowed Values: 0=no, 1=yes

samplingConditionsFog

CC ID: 1118978
Seq. Order: 198
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Absence or presence of fog.

Allowed Values: 0=no, 1=yes

samplingConditionsSunPenetration

CC ID: 1118984
Seq. Order: 200
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Degree of sun penetration on the water.

Allowed Values: 0=Poor, 1=Fair, 2=Good, 3=Excellent

samplingConditionsTurbidity

CC ID: 1118985
Seq. Order: 204
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Level of turbidity of the water and visibility through out the water.

Allowed Values: 0=Poor, 1=Fair, 2=Good, 3=Excellent

eventDateTimeZone

CC ID: 1118958
Seq. Order: 207
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The time zone of the observation event, expressed as +/- hh:mm offset from UTC.

platformVLTS

CC ID: 1118972
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.

Allowed Values: A = aerial surveys B = boat-based surveys

geodeticDatum

CC ID: 1118961
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: 1118962
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.

permitNumber

CC ID: 1118968
Seq. Order: 235
Data Storage Type: character
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Research permit number issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) for research activities on marine mammals.

platformAttributes

CC ID: 1118969
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: 1118975
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.

samplingConditionsVisibility

CC ID: 1118986
Seq. Order: 560
Data Storage Type: character
Max Length: 1
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Overall and cumulative assessment of likelihood of detecting a sighting based on all environmental paramet

Allowed Values: 0=Poor, 1=Fair, 2=Moderate, 3=Good, 4=Excellent

Support Roles

Distributor

CC ID: 1118989
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

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1118990
Start Date: 2021
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0243468/1.1/data/0-data/TO18Fa_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Fa_VisualSightingData/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Fa_T2_EffortPoints_20211117.csv
Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2021 - Present)
File Name: NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Fa_T2_EffortPoints_20211117.csv
Description:

Effort points with sampling conditions collected by the aft team

File Date/Time: 2021-12-02 21:56:00
File Type (Deprecated): .csv
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
File Size: 8.9M
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 66282
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66282
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2021-12-27 21:21+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2022-09-23
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2022-01-03
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2023-01-03