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Title: Individual animals and other data collected using visual observations and other instruments from AIRCRAFT in the Arctic Ocean from 1979-08-02 to 1982-10-18 (NCEI Accession 8400149)
Abstract: Individual animals and other data were collected using visual observations and other instruments in the Arctic Ocean by AIRCRAFT. Data were collected from 02 August 1979 to 18 October 1982 by the US Navy; Naval Ocean Systems Command.

Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Marine Mammal Sighting and Census (F127) format.

The F127 format is used for data from field observations of marine animals. Data may be reported either for individual, random sightings or for sightings made as part of systematic ship or aircraft surveys along specified tracks. These data provide information on animal population densities and distributions, activities, migratory routes and breeding locales. Cruise or survey information, start and end positions, start and end times, and platform speed, direction, and altitude are reported for each observation or series of observations. Position, date and time are reported for each sighting location, along with a code indicating presence or absence of animals and, if present, their distance to the observer, shoreline, and ice edge and heading direction. For each sighting location, animal sighting data are reported by species for all observed species. Species identification, total number of individuals, and counts by age group (adults, subadults, juveniles, unknown) may be reported in summary for all animals sighted or by subgroups distinguished by sex, behavior, markings, or other characteristics. A text record is available for comments.
Date received: 19830723
Start date: 19790802
End date: 19821018
Seanames:
West boundary: -172.35
East boundary: -133.48
North boundary: 74.22
South boundary: 57.87
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Submitter:
Submitting institution: US Navy; Naval Ocean Systems Command
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Supplementary information: Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM).

Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description.

To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis.

Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS COMMAND
PI: N/A
Address:
address: 53560 HULL STREET
city: SAN DIEGO
state: CA
postal: 92152
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19830723
Metadata version: 8
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:34:35+00
Editdate: 2024-05-24 11:29:06+00