U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

icon-dot-gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

icon-https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) - Processed Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "processedData" folder of this data package. This data package contains all data collected by the Argos System from satellite transmitters attached to 63 Bar-tailed Godwits at multiple sites across their annual range, 2005-2010. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Three Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "processedData" folder of this data package: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every Argos location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check (based on distance, turning angle, and rate thresholds). 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, 2) the "decodedSensor" table contains decoded sensor data such as the transmitter's temperature, battery voltage, and motion (activity), and 3) 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. This table is identical to the "deploymentAttributes" table in the "rawData" folder of this data package.

Get Data and Metadata
Author(s) Robert E Gill orcid, Lee Tibbitts orcid, Phil F Battley orcid, Nils Warnock orcid, David C Douglas orcid
Publication Date 2023-11-15
Beginning Date of Data 2005-06-02
Ending Date of Data 2010-10-02
Data Contact
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A9BYQW
Citation Gill, R.E., Tibbitts, L., Battley, P.F., Warnock, N., and Douglas, D.C., 2023, Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) - Processed Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A9BYQW.
Metadata Contact
Metadata Date 2023-11-22
Related Publication
Citations of these data

Loading https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05473.x


Loading https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1142


Loading https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.01.020

Access public
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Loading...
Harvest Source: Alaska Science Center
Harvest Date: 2025-03-04T04:02:45.918Z