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Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica) - Processed Data
This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains data collected by the Argos System from 12 satellite transmitters attached to Pacific Loons on their breeding range in arctic, 2015-2016. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Two Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every location estimate, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check. Each record also includes a 'Tracking_Status' variable that denotes whether the location was collected from a live animal, a dead animal, or shed transmitter, and 2) the "deploymentAttributes" table contains one record for each transmitter deployment in a CSV formatted table. The deployment attributes file contains information such as when the transmitter was attached to the animal, when tracking of a live animal ended, and a variety of variables describing the animal and transmitter.
Complete Metadata
| accessLevel | public |
|---|---|
| bureauCode |
[
"010:12"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:gs-ak_asc_datamanagers@usgs.gov"
}
|
| description | This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains data collected by the Argos System from 12 satellite transmitters attached to Pacific Loons on their breeding range in arctic, 2015-2016. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Two Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every location estimate, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check. Each record also includes a 'Tracking_Status' variable that denotes whether the location was collected from a live animal, a dead animal, or shed transmitter, and 2) the "deploymentAttributes" table contains one record for each transmitter deployment in a CSV formatted table. The deployment attributes file contains information such as when the transmitter was attached to the animal, when tracking of a live animal ended, and a variety of variables describing the animal and transmitter. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Digital Data",
"format": "XML",
"accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NNN2XY",
"mediaType": "application/http",
"description": "Landing page for access to the data"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Original Metadata",
"format": "XML",
"mediaType": "text/xml",
"description": "The metadata original format",
"downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.ASC253.xml"
}
]
|
| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_ASC253 |
| keyword |
[
"Alaska",
"Animal tracking",
"Animals/Vertebrates",
"Argos",
"Biota",
"Birds",
"Breeding area",
"Breeding sites",
"Colville River Delta",
"Distribution",
"Ecological Dynamics",
"Environment",
"Gavia pacifica",
"Loons",
"Migration",
"Migration (organisms)",
"Migration pathway",
"Migratory birds",
"Migratory strategies",
"North Slope",
"Ornithology",
"Overwintering",
"PTT",
"Pacific Americas flyway",
"Pacific Loons",
"Platform Transmitter Terminal",
"Satellite transmitter",
"Seasonal distribution",
"Seasonal movement",
"Species Life History",
"Species Migration",
"Staging area",
"Telemetry",
"Tracking equipment",
"USGS:ASC253",
"Wildlife"
]
|
| modified | 2024-09-26T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{
"name": "U.S. Geological Survey",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| spatial | -171.7881, 68.5044, -149.6221, 72.2588 |
| theme |
[
"Geospatial"
]
|
| title | Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica) - Processed Data |
