JAX SEASWITI Vessel Monitoring 2010

HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.

Dataset credit

The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Dana Spontak HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Abstract

On 4 December 2010, an Anti-Submarine Training Exercise (ASW) event occurred in the
Jacksonville Range Complex (JAX) off the eastern coast of Florida within the U.S. Navy’s
proposed boundaries of the Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR).

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

[2014-07-02] The unit of Distance field was wrong in the metadata. It is in meters.

References

Attributes

Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
eventEvent
sighting_noSighting No.
obs_dateObservation date
sp_obsSpecies name recorded
sp_tsnITIS Taxonomic Serial Number assigned by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_countGroup size - best
count_highGroup size - high
count_lowGroup size - low
calvesNumber of calves
obs_timeStart time (local time zone)
stop_timeStop time (local time zone)
beaufortBeaufort Sea State
latitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
longitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
vert_angleVertical angle in degrees
distanceDistance off Track in meters
headingHeading in degrees
bottom_depthBottom Depth (m)
behaviorBehavioral Summary
navy_shipNavy Ship Present (Yes/No)
exercisePre/During/Post Exercise
bearing_angleBearing Angle
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID867
Seabirds0
Marine mammals4
Sea turtles0
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total4
Date, Begin2010-12-03
Date, End2010-12-05
Temporal prec.111110
Latitude30.01 - 30.28
Longitude-80.34 - -80.10
Coord. prec.3 decimal digits
PlatformBoat
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Traveled (km)0
0
Contr. throughNavy
Registered2012-09-17
Updated2012-10-04
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Shared with OBIS
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