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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

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

	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

Name

Type

Description

N/A

ANGLE

Unknown

relative bearing to angle, left = negative

N/A

BEAUFORT

NUMBER

N/A

BESTGSIZ

Unknown

best group estimate

N/A

CODE

Unknown

N/A

COMMENTS

Unknown

N/A

COMMENTS2

Unknown

N/A

COMMENTS3

Unknown

N/A

COMMENTS4

Unknown

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

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

NUMBER

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

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