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Pacific Walrus Coastal Haulout Occurrences Interpreted from Satellite Imagery

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2022
End Date
2023
Last Revision
2024-05-29

Citation

Fischbach, A.S., Douglas, D.C., 2022. Pacific Walrus coastal haulout occurrences interpreted from satellite imagery (ver 4.0, May 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CSM0KN.

Summary

This dataset is derived from images from a variety of Earth observing satellite imagery sources collected at known walrus coastal haulouts in Alaska and Chukotka, Russia. Earth observing imagery sources used in this data release include (but are not limited to) optical imagery collections by: (1) the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 mission, (2) the Plant Labs Planet Scope constellation, and (3) Maxar satellites, as well as synthetic aperture radar imagery collected by: (1) European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 mission, (2) the DLR (German Aerospace Agency) TerraSAR-X satellite, (3) the Umbra Space satellite constellation, (4) the Canadian Radarsat-2 satellite, (5) the Capella Space satellite constellation and (6) the Finnish Iceye [...]

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Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
Anthony S Fischbach, David C Douglas
Metadata Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Publisher :
Alaska Science Center
Distributor :
USGS ScienceBase Team
SDC Data Owner :
Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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versionHistory.txt 2.06 KB text/plain
walrus_hauloutAreaEstimates_chukchi_2022.csv 6.89 KB text/csv
walrus_hauloutAreaEstimates_chukchi_2023.csv 27.16 KB text/csv
walrus_occupationOverSeason_2023.png thumbnail 779.12 KB image/png
WalrusOccupationOverSeason_2022.png thumbnail 256.97 KB image/png
walrus_dailySatelliteHauloutOutlines_chukchi_metadata.html 60.44 KB text/html

Purpose

These data were collected and interpreted to support near real time management decisions of Pacific walruses at coastal haulouts, and to improve satellite interpretation methods of walrus herds and carcasses on shore.
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  • Alaska Science Center (ASC)

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Version 4.0 posted by ASC Data Management on May 2024. To view changes, see "versionHistory.txt" in the Attached Files section.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9CSM0KN

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