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TO18Wi_T2_EffortPoints_20211015.csv

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65768  |  Updated: October 3, 2024  |  Published / External 
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Abstract

Effort points with sampling conditions for the aft team

Description

Effort points with sampling conditions for 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
samplingConditionsVisibility
character 		Overall and cumulative assessment of likelihood of detecting a sighting based on all environmental paramet
samplingConditionsWeather
character 		Absence or presence of precipitation.
samplingConditionsGlareleft
character 		Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings.
samplingConditionsGlareRight
Character 		Presence of glare, evaluated as the percentage obstruction of the visual field (180 degrees).
samplingConditionsGlareIntensityLeft
character 		Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings. .
samplingConditionsGlareIntensityright
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.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
ncei.info@noaa.gov
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Item Identification

Title: TO18Wi_T2_EffortPoints_20211015.csv
Short Name: Effort Points Aft Team
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2021
Abstract:

Effort points with sampling conditions for the aft team
Purpose:

effort-point data; main goal is to provide sampling conditions recorded by observers and platform movement during marine mammal visual observations

Entity Information

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

Effort points with sampling conditions for 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
 samplingConditionsVisibility character Overall and cumulative assessment of likelihood of detecting a sighting based on all environmental paramet
100
 samplingConditionsWeather character Absence or presence of precipitation.
100
 samplingConditionsGlareleft character Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings.
100
 samplingConditionsGlareRight Character Presence of glare, evaluated as the percentage obstruction of the visual field (180 degrees).
100
 samplingConditionsGlareIntensityLeft character Degree of impairment from glare on the ability to detect sightings. .
100
 samplingConditionsGlareIntensityright 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.

Attribute Details

surveyEventID

CC ID: 1095905
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: 1095877
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: 1095878
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: 1095891
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: 1095892
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: 1095895
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: 1095894
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: 1095887
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: 1095883
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: 1095885
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: 1095906
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: 1095909
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: 1095875
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: 1095876
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)

samplingConditionsVisibility

CC ID: 1095902
Seq. Order: 160
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

samplingConditionsWeather

CC ID: 1095903
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

samplingConditionsGlareleft

CC ID: 1095910
Seq. Order: 177
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

samplingConditionsGlareRight

CC ID: 1095899
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%

samplingConditionsGlareIntensityLeft

CC ID: 1095933
Seq. Order: 182
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

samplingConditionsGlareIntensityright

CC ID: 1095900
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

samplingConditionsConditions

CC ID: 1095898
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: 1095897
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: 1095901
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: 1095911
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: 1095932
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: 1095912
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: 1095913
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: 1095893
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: 1095879
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: 1095880
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: 1095889
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: 1095890
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: 1095896
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.

Support Roles

Distributor

CC ID: 1095907
Date Effective From: 2021
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

CC ID: 1095908
Start Date: 2021
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0189/0242273/1.1/data/0-data/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_NCEI_DataPackage/NOAA_SEFSC_GoMMAPPS_TO18Wi_VisualSightingData/TO18Wi_T2_EffortPoints_20211015.csv
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2021 - Present)
File Name: TO18Wi_T2_EffortPoints_20211015.csv
Description:

Effort points with sampling conditions for the aft team
File Date/Time: 2021-10-15 15:54:00
File Type (Deprecated): .csv
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
File Size: 4.2M
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 65768
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65768
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2021-11-03 17:42+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-10-03 18:16+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2022-09-25
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2021-11-04
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2022-11-04