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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

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

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Biota, Environment

Other Subject Keywords

Species life history, Telemetry, Animals/Vertebrates, H.A.B.I.T. Research, Ltd, Telonics, Inc., Wildlife Computers, Inc., PTT, Tagging devices, Overwintering, Argos, Seasonal distribution, Carnivores, Breeding sites, Migratory rates/routes, Pacific walrus, Mammals, Capture-recapture studies, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Seals/Sea Lions/Walruses, Satellite transmitter, Tracking equipment, Seasonal movement

Place Keywords

Chirikov Basin, Kuskokwim Bay, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, Anadyr Strait, Bering Strait, Chukotka, Long Strait, Etolin Strait, Bering Sea, Bristol Bay, Russia

Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) - 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 921 satellite transmitters attached to adult Pacific walruses in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, in U.S. and Russian waters, 1988-2019. 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 Separated 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) Chadwick V Jay orcid, Anthony S Fischbach orcid, Anatoly A. Kochnev, Susan Hills, David C Douglas orcid
Publication Date 2022-06-29
Beginning Date of Data 1987-08-14
Ending Date of Data 2019-08-22
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7FQ9TP6
Citation Jay, C.V., Fischbach, A.S., Kochnev, A.A., Hills, S., and Douglas, D.C., 2022, Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) - Raw Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7FQ9TP6.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2022-06-29
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