NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO17Su_T1_MMSightsAndCues_20211118.csv
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Summary
Marine mammal (cetacean) cue (when recorded) and sighting data with calculated perpendicular distances (sightingDistanceInMeters) for the forward team (T1).
Please note that cues to marine mammal sightings are not necessarily recorded for all sightings.
DescriptionMarine mammal (cetacean) sighting cues with calculated perpendicular distances for the forward team (T1):
Entity Information
Entity Type
Data Table
Data Attribute / Type | Description |
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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 |
sightingNumber
numeric |
The unique identifier for the Sighting (for marine mammal sighting). |
sightingCue
character |
Description of what was seen first of the group, that is, the cue associated with the first sighting of the animal (or group of animals). A behavioral code may be used (e.g. BL = blow). |
scientificName
Character |
The full scientific name or lowest level taxonomic rank that could be determined for the sighting. |
vernacularName
Character |
The common or vernacular name for the species or lowest level taxonomic rank that could be determined for the sighting. |
eventDateCue
date |
Local date-time during cue data recording. |
platformLatitudeCue
Numeric |
The latitude of the platform at the moment of cue data recording. |
platformLongitudeCue
Numeric |
The longitude of the platform at the moment of cue data recording. |
eventDateSight
Character |
Local date-time during sighting data recording. |
platformLatitude
Numeric |
Latitude Value (Location) of the platform at time of sighting |
platformLongitude
Numeric |
Platform Location Longitude at the time of sighting |
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). |
observationLocation
character |
Description of where on the vessel the observer was located when the animal was first detected. For vessel survey: |
verticalangle
Numeric |
Angle from the plane to the sighting measured with a digital inclinometer. |
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. |
recordedBy
Numeric |
Numeric code for each observer |
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). |
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) |
eventDateTimeZone
Numeric |
Number of hours from Greenwich mean time |
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. |
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 |
The federal permit number which gives permission for the data collection. (This value is the same for every record in this file) |
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. |
Distribution Information
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Distributor
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
ncei.info@noaa.gov
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Item Identification
Title: | NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO17Su_T1_MMSightsAndCues_20211118.csv |
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Status: | Completed |
Publication Date: | 2021-10 |
Abstract: |
Marine mammal (cetacean) cue (when recorded) and sighting data with calculated perpendicular distances (sightingDistanceInMeters) for the forward team (T1). Please note that cues to marine mammal sightings are not necessarily recorded for all sightings. |
Purpose: |
Main goal of this file is to provide platform location at time of cue and sighting recording, and perpendicular distance of the sighting in relation to the platform based on vertical angle and observation height. |
Physical Location
Organization: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland |
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City: | Silver Spring |
State/Province: | MD |
Location Description: |
ncei ARCHIVE |
Entity Information
Entity Type: | Data Table |
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Description: |
Marine mammal (cetacean) sighting cues with calculated perpendicular distances for the forward team (T1): |
Data Attributes
Attribute Summary
Name | Type | Description | ||
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100
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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
|
sightingNumber | numeric | The unique identifier for the Sighting (for marine mammal sighting). | |
100
|
sightingCue | character | Description of what was seen first of the group, that is, the cue associated with the first sighting of the animal (or group of animals). A behavioral code may be used (e.g. BL = blow). | |
100
|
scientificName | Character | The full scientific name or lowest level taxonomic rank that could be determined for the sighting. | |
100
|
vernacularName | Character | The common or vernacular name for the species or lowest level taxonomic rank that could be determined for the sighting. | |
100
|
eventDateCue | date | Local date-time during cue data recording. | |
100
|
platformLatitudeCue | Numeric | The latitude of the platform at the moment of cue data recording. | |
100
|
platformLongitudeCue | Numeric | The longitude of the platform at the moment of cue data recording. | |
100
|
eventDateSight | Character | Local date-time during sighting data recording. | |
100
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platformLatitude | Numeric | Latitude Value (Location) of the platform at time of sighting | |
100
|
platformLongitude | Numeric | Platform Location Longitude at the time of sighting | |
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
|
observationLocation | character | Description of where on the vessel the observer was located when the animal was first detected. For vessel survey: | |
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
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recordedBy | Numeric | Numeric code for each observer | |
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
|
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
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eventDateTimeZone | Numeric | Number of hours from Greenwich mean time | |
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. | |
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 | The federal permit number which gives permission for the data collection. (This value is the same for every record in this file) | |
100
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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
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relatedProjectProgram | character | Official project and/or program under which the survey was conducted (e.g. AMAPPS, GoMMAPPS). If applicable. |
Attribute Details
surveyEventID
Seq. Order: | 10 |
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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
Seq. Order: | 20 |
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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 |
sightingNumber
Seq. Order: | 50 |
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Data Storage Type: | numeric |
Max Length: | 4 |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The unique identifier for the Sighting (for marine mammal sighting). |
sightingCue
Seq. Order: | 60 |
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Data Storage Type: | character |
Max Length: | 20 |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Description of what was seen first of the group, that is, the cue associated with the first sighting of the animal (or group of animals). A behavioral code may be used (e.g. BL = blow). |
scientificName
Seq. Order: | 65 |
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Data Storage Type: | Character |
Max Length: | 50 |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The full scientific name or lowest level taxonomic rank that could be determined for the sighting. |
vernacularName
Seq. Order: | 70 |
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Data Storage Type: | Character |
Max Length: | 50 |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The common or vernacular name for the species or lowest level taxonomic rank that could be determined for the sighting. |
eventDateCue
Seq. Order: | 75 |
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Data Storage Type: | date |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Local date-time during cue data recording. |
Null Value: | NA |
Null Value Meaning: |
NA = Not applicable |
platformLatitudeCue
Seq. Order: | 80 |
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Data Storage Type: | Numeric |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The latitude of the platform at the moment of cue data recording. |
platformLongitudeCue
Seq. Order: | 90 |
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Data Storage Type: | Numeric |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The longitude of the platform at the moment of cue data recording. |
eventDateSight
Seq. Order: | 95 |
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Data Storage Type: | Character |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Local date-time during sighting data recording. |
platformLatitude
Seq. Order: | 98 |
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Data Storage Type: | Numeric |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Latitude Value (Location) of the platform at time of sighting |
Unit of Measure: | Degrees of Latitude |
platformLongitude
Seq. Order: | 102 |
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Data Storage Type: | Numeric |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Platform Location Longitude at the time of sighting |
Unit of Measure: | Degrees Longitude |
onEffort
Seq. Order: | 105 |
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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=Yes (on effort), N=No |
observationLocation
Seq. Order: | 110 |
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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). |
verticalangle
Seq. Order: | 115 |
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Data Storage Type: | Numeric |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Angle from the plane to the sighting measured with a digital inclinometer. |
verticalIncrement
Seq. Order: | 120 |
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Data Storage Type: | character |
Required: | Yes |
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. |
recordedBy
Seq. Order: | 130 |
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Data Storage Type: | Numeric |
Max Length: | 2 |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Numeric code for each observer |
observationHeight
Seq. Order: | 170 |
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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 |
sightingDistanceInMeters
Seq. Order: | 180 |
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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) |
eventDateTimeZone
Seq. Order: | 200 |
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Data Storage Type: | Numeric |
Max Length: | 3 |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Number of hours from Greenwich mean time |
typeVLTS
Seq. Order: | 205 |
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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
Seq. Order: | 210 |
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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
Seq. Order: | 220 |
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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
Seq. Order: | 230 |
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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
Seq. Order: | 234 |
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Data Storage Type: | character |
Max Length: | 100 |
Required: | Yes |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
The federal permit number which gives permission for the data collection. (This value is the same for every record in this file) |
platformAttributes
Seq. Order: | 240 |
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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
Seq. Order: | 250 |
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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
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2021 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |
Email Address: | ncei.info@noaa.gov |
URL: | NCEI Contact Information |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Start Date: | 2021 |
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End Date: | Present |
Download URL: | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0243469/1.1/data/0-data/TO17Su_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO17Su_VisualSightingData/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO17Su_T1_MMSightsAndCues_20211118.csv |
Distributor: | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2021 - Present) |
File Name: | NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO17Su_T1_MMSightsAndCues_20211118.csv |
Description: |
NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO17Su_T1_MMSightsAndCues_20211118.csv 2021-12-07 20:22 105K |
File Date/Time: | 2021-12-07 20:22:00 |
File Type (Deprecated): | csv (comma-separated values) |
Distribution Format: | CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) |
File Size: | 105k |
Compression: | Uncompressed |
Review Status: | Chked Viruses Inapp Content |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 66303 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66303 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Lee M Weinberger |
Metadata Record Created: | 2021-12-31 01:03+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2024-10-03 18:16+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 |