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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Ornithology, Wildlife, Coastal ecosystems, Migratory species, Marine ecosystems, Animal tracking

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Biota

Other Subject Keywords

Capture-recapture studies, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Telemetry, Migratory rates/routes, Pacific Americas flyway, Breeding sites, Migratory birds, Animals/Vertebrates, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, PTT, Species life history, Seasonal distribution, Birds, Argos, Seasonal movement, Tagging devices, Whimbrel, Satellite transmitter, Tracking equipment, Overwintering

Place Keywords

Alaska, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, NPR-A, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Colville River, Seward Peninsula

Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "rawData" folder of this data package. This data package contains all data collected by the Argos System from 32 satellite transmitters attached to Whimbrels on their breeding range in arctic and western Alaska, 2006-2010. Five data files are included in the "rawData" folder of this data package. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular CSV format. The fifth file, "deploymentAttributes", 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. This table is identical to the "deploymentAttributes" table in the "processedData" folder of this data package.

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Author(s) Lee Tibbitts orcid, Daniel R Ruthrauff orcid, Robert E Gill orcid, David C Douglas orcid
Publication Date 2021-05-11
Beginning Date of Data 2006-06-27
Ending Date of Data 2015-08-01
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P978PX2X
Citation Tibbitts, L., Ruthrauff, D.R., Gill, R.E., and Douglas, D.C., 2021, Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) - Raw Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P978PX2X.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2023-09-28
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