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Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_Cherrypoint.csv

Entity (ENT) | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36117 | Updated: October 3, 2024 | Published / External

Item Identification

Title:	Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_Cherrypoint.csv
Status:	Completed
Abstract:	Aerial surveys were conducted July 2004-July 2005 over Core and Pamlico Sounds, NC to determine relative density of sea turtles in relation to the United States Marine Corp Air Station Cherry Point restricted areas.
Supplemental Information:	Primary Key is survey_number concatenated with Waypoint

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus	Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None	Aerial Survey
None	transects
None	Turtles

Thesaurus

Keyword

UNCONTROLLED

None

Aerial Survey

None

transects

None

Turtles

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus	Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None	2004-2005

Thesaurus

Keyword

UNCONTROLLED

None

2004-2005

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus	Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None	Atlantic Ocean
None	Cherry Point
None	North Carolina

Thesaurus

Keyword

UNCONTROLLED

None

Atlantic Ocean

None

Cherry Point

None

North Carolina

Physical Location

Organization:	National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
City:	Silver Spring
State/Province:	MD

Entity Information

Entity Type:	Data Table
Active Version?:	Yes
Description:	Aerial surveys conducted over Core and Pamlico Sounds, NC July 2004 - July 2005.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
100	Survey_Number	Numeric	Number assigned to a particular survey
100	Survey_Date	Date	Date Survey was flown
100	Survey_Time	Time	Local Time of Survey Reading
100	Waypoint	Numeric	Waypoint number of recorded sighting Primary Key is survey_number concatenated with this column
100	Latitude	Numeric	Latitude of the sighting
100	Longitude	Numeric	Longitude of sighting
100	Activity	Character	Description of the sighting
100	Direction_Moving	Character	Direction sighting was moving and whether it was under or on surface of water
100	Number_Sighted	Numeric	Number of sightings observed
100	Sighted_By	Character	Which observer reported the sightings
100	SeaState	Character	Description of condition of seas - number of waves and whitecaps - occurring during a sighting
100	Weather_Description	Character	Description of weather during a sighting
100	Glare_Amount	Character	Description of glare during a sighting
100	Glare_side	Character	Side of plane on which glare occurred
100	Visibility	Character	Description of visibility during a sighting
100	Speed	Numeric	Speed of plane in knots
100	Altitude	Numeric	Altitude of plane in feet
100	Turbidity	Character	Description of turbidity during a sighting

Name

Type

Description

100

Survey_Number

Numeric

Number assigned to a particular survey

100

Survey_Date

Date

Date Survey was flown

100

Survey_Time

Time

Local Time of Survey Reading

100

Waypoint

Numeric

Waypoint number of recorded sighting Primary Key is survey_number concatenated with this column

100

Latitude

Numeric

Latitude of the sighting

100

Longitude

Numeric

Longitude of sighting

100

Activity

Character

Description of the sighting

100

Direction_Moving

Character

Direction sighting was moving and whether it was under or on surface of water

100

Number_Sighted

Numeric

Number of sightings observed

100

Sighted_By

Character

Which observer reported the sightings

100

SeaState

Character

Description of condition of seas - number of waves and whitecaps - occurring during a sighting

100

Weather_Description

Character

Description of weather during a sighting

100

Glare_Amount

Character

Description of glare during a sighting

100

Glare_side

Character

Side of plane on which glare occurred

100

Visibility

Character

Description of visibility during a sighting

100

Speed

Numeric

Speed of plane in knots

100

Altitude

Numeric

Altitude of plane in feet

100

Turbidity

Character

Description of turbidity during a sighting

Attribute Details

Survey_Number

CC ID: 367937

Seq. Order:	10
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	2
Scale:	0
Status:	Active
Description:	Number assigned to a particular survey

Survey_Date

CC ID: 367938

Seq. Order:	40
Data Storage Type:	Date
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Date Survey was flown

Survey_Time

CC ID: 368231

Seq. Order:	45
Data Storage Type:	Time
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Local Time of Survey Reading

Waypoint

CC ID: 367941

Seq. Order:	50
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Waypoint number of recorded sighting Primary Key is survey_number concatenated with this column

Latitude

CC ID: 367934

Seq. Order:	60
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	8
Scale:	5
Status:	Active
Description:	Latitude of the sighting

Longitude

CC ID: 367936

Seq. Order:	70
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	9
Scale:	5
Status:	Active
Description:	Longitude of sighting

Activity

CC ID: 367930

Seq. Order:	100
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	50
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Description of the sighting

Direction_Moving

CC ID: 367924

Seq. Order:	110
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	25
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Direction sighting was moving and whether it was under or on surface of water

Number_Sighted

CC ID: 367925

Seq. Order:	120
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Number of sightings observed

Sighted_By

CC ID: 367926

Seq. Order:	130
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	10
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Which observer reported the sightings

SeaState

CC ID: 367935

Seq. Order:	170
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	60
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Description of condition of seas - number of waves and whitecaps - occurring during a sighting
Allowed Values:	slick calm, mirror like small waves, few whitecaps whitecaps 0-33%, waves 1-2 feet whitecaps 33-50%, waves 2-3 feet white caps 50-65%, waves 3-5 feet whitecaps >65%, waves > 5 feet (too rough to survey)

Weather_Description

CC ID: 367931

Seq. Order:	180
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	50
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Description of weather during a sighting
Allowed Values:	Clear Partly cloudy Continuous layer of clouds Drizzle Rain Showers Thundershowers Ran and fog Haze Fog or thick haze Snow Other

Glare_Amount

CC ID: 367942

Seq. Order:	185
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	50
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Description of glare during a sighting
Allowed Values:	Data not collected Heavy Moderate Mild None

Glare_side

CC ID: 367932

Seq. Order:	190
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	10
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Side of plane on which glare occurred

Visibility

CC ID: 367933

Seq. Order:	200
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	50
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Description of visibility during a sighting

Speed

CC ID: 367943

Seq. Order:	210
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	3
Status:	Active
Description:	Speed of plane in knots
Unit of Measure:	Knots

Altitude

CC ID: 367944

Seq. Order:	220
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Altitude of plane in feet
Unit of Measure:	feet

Turbidity

CC ID: 367945

Seq. Order:	230
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	50
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Description of turbidity during a sighting
Allowed Values:	clear moderately turbid very turbid Data not collected

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 753881

Date Effective From:	1988
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Mcneill, Joanne B

Distributor

CC ID: 753882

Date Effective From:	2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address:	ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL:	NCEI Contact Information

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 753883

Date Effective From:	1988
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Mcneill, Joanne B
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 753884

Date Effective From:	1988
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Mcneill, Joanne B
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 753885

Start Date:	2017
End Date:	Present
Download URL:	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160008/1.1/data/0-data/26465/Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_CherryPoint/Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_CherryPoint.csv
Distributor:	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2017 - Present)
File Name:	Sea_Turtle_Aerial_Survey_Data_CherryPoint.csv
File Type (Deprecated):	csv (comma-separated values)
Distribution Format:	CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
Compression:	Uncompressed
Review Status:	Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID:	36117
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36117
Metadata Record Created By:	Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created:	2016-12-23 12:40+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2024-10-03 18:16+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2021-04-29
Owner Org:	SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2021-04-29
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2022-04-29