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ARCWEST 2015_Wincruz visual data

Entity (ENT)  |  Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:68820  |  Updated: December 15, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

NA

Description

NA

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data File

Data Attribute / Type Description
ANGLE
Unknown 		relative bearing to angle, left = negative
BEAUFORT
NUMBER 		NA
BESTGSIZ
Unknown 		best group estimate
CODE
Unknown 		NA
COMMENTS
Unknown 		NA
COMMENTS2
Unknown 		NA
COMMENTS3
Unknown 		NA
COMMENTS4
Unknown 		NA
CUE
Unknown 		1 = bird, 2 = splash, 3 = marine mammal, 4 = ship, 5 = ?, 6 = blow
DATE
NUMBER 		dd-mm-yy
DISTDOWNTRACK
Unknown 		distance down the trackline
DLAT
NUMBER 		Latitude of vessel in decimal degrees
DLONG
NUMBER 		Longitude of vessel in decimal degrees
DOT
Unknown 		Dot is included by the program when on effort
EFFDIST
NUMBER 		Distance from previous position
FOGRAIN
NUMBER 		1 = none, 2 = fog, 3 = rain, 4 = both, 5 = haze
Field50
Unknown 		NA
HIGHGSIZ
Unknown 		high group estimate
HORIZSUN
NUMBER 		where the sun is on the water using the boat as the clock system, ex. Off the bow = 12
ID
NUMBER 		NA
LAT
Unknown 		Latitude of vessel in deg and decimal minutes
LEFTOBS
NUMBER 		name
LINE
NUMBER 		Automatically generated by Wincruz extraction program
LONG
Unknown 		Longitude of vessel in deg and decimal minutes
LOWGSIZ
Unknown 		low group estimate
MMDIRECTION
Unknown 		not used
MMSPEED
Unknown 		estimated speed, typically not used
ONOFF
Unknown 		Effort status
PERPDIST
Unknown 		perpendicular distance of sighting to trackline
RADIALDIST
Unknown 		calculated distance
RECORDER
NUMBER 		name
RETICLE
Unknown 		reticle number off the binoculars to the sighting
RIGHTOBS
NUMBER 		name
SCISPECIESNAME
Unknown 		scientific species names
SHIPCOURSE
NUMBER 		heading in degrees true
SHSPEED
NUMBER 		ship speed in knots
SIGHTCODE
Unknown 		Method sighted: 1 = eye, 2 = handheld, 4 = bigeye, 6 = other
SIGHTDECLAT
Unknown 		actual latitude position of sighting in decimal degrees
SIGHTDECLONG
Unknown 		actual longitude position of sighting in decimal degrees
SIGHTNUMBER
Unknown 		consecutive numbering
SIGHTOBS
Unknown 		which observer made the sighting
SPECIESCODE
Unknown 		numeric number for species; see species code list
SWELLDIR
NUMBER 		relative to true N
SWELLHEIGHT
NUMBER 		Swell height in feet
TEMP
NUMBER 		air temperature
TIME
NUMBER 		military in AKDT
TRANSECT
NUMBER 		NA
VERTSUN
NUMBER 		vertical sun angle. 12 = overhead all the way down to 3 near the horizon
VISIBILITY
NUMBER 		in miles
WINDDIR
NUMBER 		wind direction, relative to true N
WINDSPEED
NUMBER 		wind speed in knots

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Item Identification

Title: ARCWEST 2015_Wincruz visual data
Status: In Work
Abstract:

NA
Notes:

Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 6673, 07-29-2015 17:02

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data File
Description:

NA

Data Attributes

Note: Metadata requirements do not apply to attributes for non-tabular entities.

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
N/A
 ANGLE Unknown relative bearing to angle, left = negative
N/A
 BEAUFORT NUMBER NA
N/A
 BESTGSIZ Unknown best group estimate
N/A
 CODE Unknown NA
N/A
 COMMENTS Unknown NA
N/A
 COMMENTS2 Unknown NA
N/A
 COMMENTS3 Unknown NA
N/A
 COMMENTS4 Unknown NA
N/A
 CUE Unknown 1 = bird, 2 = splash, 3 = marine mammal, 4 = ship, 5 = ?, 6 = blow
N/A
 DATE NUMBER dd-mm-yy
N/A
 DISTDOWNTRACK Unknown distance down the trackline
N/A
 DLAT NUMBER Latitude of vessel in decimal degrees
N/A
 DLONG NUMBER Longitude of vessel in decimal degrees
N/A
 DOT Unknown Dot is included by the program when on effort
N/A
 EFFDIST NUMBER Distance from previous position
N/A
 FOGRAIN NUMBER 1 = none, 2 = fog, 3 = rain, 4 = both, 5 = haze
N/A
 Field50 Unknown NA
N/A
 HIGHGSIZ Unknown high group estimate
N/A
 HORIZSUN NUMBER where the sun is on the water using the boat as the clock system, ex. Off the bow = 12
N/A
 ID NUMBER NA
N/A
 LAT Unknown Latitude of vessel in deg and decimal minutes
N/A
 LEFTOBS NUMBER name
N/A
 LINE NUMBER Automatically generated by Wincruz extraction program
N/A
 LONG Unknown Longitude of vessel in deg and decimal minutes
N/A
 LOWGSIZ Unknown low group estimate
N/A
 MMDIRECTION Unknown not used
N/A
 MMSPEED Unknown estimated speed, typically not used
N/A
 ONOFF Unknown Effort status
N/A
 PERPDIST Unknown perpendicular distance of sighting to trackline
N/A
 RADIALDIST Unknown calculated distance
N/A
 RECORDER NUMBER name
N/A
 RETICLE Unknown reticle number off the binoculars to the sighting
N/A
 RIGHTOBS NUMBER name
N/A
 SCISPECIESNAME Unknown scientific species names
N/A
 SHIPCOURSE NUMBER heading in degrees true
N/A
 SHSPEED NUMBER ship speed in knots
N/A
 SIGHTCODE Unknown Method sighted: 1 = eye, 2 = handheld, 4 = bigeye, 6 = other
N/A
 SIGHTDECLAT Unknown actual latitude position of sighting in decimal degrees
N/A
 SIGHTDECLONG Unknown actual longitude position of sighting in decimal degrees
N/A
 SIGHTNUMBER Unknown consecutive numbering
N/A
 SIGHTOBS Unknown which observer made the sighting
N/A
 SPECIESCODE Unknown numeric number for species; see species code list
N/A
 SWELLDIR NUMBER relative to true N
N/A
 SWELLHEIGHT NUMBER Swell height in feet
N/A
 TEMP NUMBER air temperature
N/A
 TIME NUMBER military in AKDT
N/A
 TRANSECT NUMBER NA
N/A
 VERTSUN NUMBER vertical sun angle. 12 = overhead all the way down to 3 near the horizon
N/A
 VISIBILITY NUMBER in miles
N/A
 WINDDIR NUMBER wind direction, relative to true N
N/A
 WINDSPEED NUMBER wind speed in knots

Attribute Details

ANGLE

CC ID: 1198790
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

relative bearing to angle, left = negative
Allowed Values: unknown

BEAUFORT

CC ID: 1198791
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NA
Allowed Values: 0 - 7

BESTGSIZ

CC ID: 1198792
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

best group estimate
Allowed Values: unknown

CODE

CC ID: 1198793
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NA
Allowed Values: unknown

COMMENTS

CC ID: 1198794
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NA
Allowed Values: unknown

COMMENTS2

CC ID: 1198795
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NA
Allowed Values: unknown

COMMENTS3

CC ID: 1198796
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NA
Allowed Values: unknown

COMMENTS4

CC ID: 1198797
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NA
Allowed Values: unknown

CUE

CC ID: 1198798
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

1 = bird, 2 = splash, 3 = marine mammal, 4 = ship, 5 = ?, 6 = blow
Allowed Values: unknown

DATE

CC ID: 1198799
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

dd-mm-yy
Allowed Values: 201409080000 - 201410200000

DISTDOWNTRACK

CC ID: 1198800
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

distance down the trackline
Allowed Values: unknown

DLAT

CC ID: 1198801
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude of vessel in decimal degrees
Allowed Values: 0 - 72.873

DLONG

CC ID: 1198802
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude of vessel in decimal degrees
Allowed Values: -174.749 - 10

DOT

CC ID: 1198803
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Dot is included by the program when on effort
Allowed Values: unknown

EFFDIST

CC ID: 1198804
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Distance from previous position
Allowed Values: 0 - 0.527

FOGRAIN

CC ID: 1198805
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

1 = none, 2 = fog, 3 = rain, 4 = both, 5 = haze
Allowed Values: 0 - 5

Field50

CC ID: 1198806
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NA
Allowed Values: unknown

HIGHGSIZ

CC ID: 1198807
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

high group estimate
Allowed Values: unknown

HORIZSUN

CC ID: 1198808
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

where the sun is on the water using the boat as the clock system, ex. Off the bow = 12
Allowed Values: -1 - 12

ID

CC ID: 1198809
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NA
Allowed Values: 1 - 14866

LAT

CC ID: 1198810
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude of vessel in deg and decimal minutes
Allowed Values: unknown

LEFTOBS

CC ID: 1198811
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

name
Allowed Values: -1 - 961

LINE

CC ID: 1198812
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Automatically generated by Wincruz extraction program
Allowed Values: 1 - 6863

LONG

CC ID: 1198813
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude of vessel in deg and decimal minutes
Allowed Values: unknown

LOWGSIZ

CC ID: 1198814
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

low group estimate
Allowed Values: unknown

MMDIRECTION

CC ID: 1198815
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

not used
Allowed Values: unknown

MMSPEED

CC ID: 1198816
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

estimated speed, typically not used
Allowed Values: unknown

ONOFF

CC ID: 1198817
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Effort status
Allowed Values: unknown

PERPDIST

CC ID: 1198818
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

perpendicular distance of sighting to trackline
Allowed Values: unknown

RADIALDIST

CC ID: 1198819
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

calculated distance
Allowed Values: unknown

RECORDER

CC ID: 1198820
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

name
Allowed Values: 0 - 979

RETICLE

CC ID: 1198821
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

reticle number off the binoculars to the sighting
Allowed Values: unknown

RIGHTOBS

CC ID: 1198822
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

name
Allowed Values: -1 - 999

SCISPECIESNAME

CC ID: 1198823
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

scientific species names
Allowed Values: unknown

SHIPCOURSE

CC ID: 1198824
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

heading in degrees true
Allowed Values: 0 - 358

SHSPEED

CC ID: 1198825
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

ship speed in knots
Allowed Values: 0 - 15

SIGHTCODE

CC ID: 1198826
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Method sighted: 1 = eye, 2 = handheld, 4 = bigeye, 6 = other
Allowed Values: unknown

SIGHTDECLAT

CC ID: 1198827
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

actual latitude position of sighting in decimal degrees
Allowed Values: unknown

SIGHTDECLONG

CC ID: 1198828
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

actual longitude position of sighting in decimal degrees
Allowed Values: unknown

SIGHTNUMBER

CC ID: 1198829
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

consecutive numbering
Allowed Values: unknown

SIGHTOBS

CC ID: 1198830
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

which observer made the sighting
Allowed Values: unknown

SPECIESCODE

CC ID: 1198831
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

numeric number for species; see species code list
Allowed Values: unknown

SWELLDIR

CC ID: 1198832
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

relative to true N
Allowed Values: -1 - 355

SWELLHEIGHT

CC ID: 1198833
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Swell height in feet
Allowed Values: -1 - 23

TEMP

CC ID: 1198834
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

air temperature
Allowed Values: -1 - 0

TIME

CC ID: 1198835
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

military in AKDT
Allowed Values: 189912300740 - 189912302137

TRANSECT

CC ID: 1198836
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

NA
Allowed Values: 0 - 46

VERTSUN

CC ID: 1198837
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

vertical sun angle. 12 = overhead all the way down to 3 near the horizon
Allowed Values: -1 - 11

VISIBILITY

CC ID: 1198838
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

in miles
Allowed Values: 0 - 6

WINDDIR

CC ID: 1198839
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

wind direction, relative to true N
Allowed Values: 0 - 350

WINDSPEED

CC ID: 1198840
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

wind speed in knots
Allowed Values: 0 - 35

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 68820
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:68820
Metadata Record Created By: Janice Waite
Metadata Record Created: 2022-12-15 18:52+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Janice Waite
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-12-15 18:52+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2022-12-15
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-01-31
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-01-31