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Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) - Raw Data

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1995-08-02
End Date
1996-08-05

Citation

Hatch, S.A., Meyers, P.M., Mulcahy, D.M., and Douglas, D.C., 2020, Tracking data for Thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia) (ver 1.0, August 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P983BSVQ.

Summary

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 20 satellite transmitters attached to Thick-billed murres on their breeding range in arctic and western Alaska, 1995-1996. Five data files are included in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. 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 [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
Scott A Hatch, Paul M Meyers, Daniel M Mulcahy, 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

Attached Files

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thickBilledMurre_USGS_ASC_argos_deploymentAttributes.csv 6.45 KB text/csv
thickBilledMurre_USGS_ASC_argos_diagLegacy.txt 662.57 KB text/plain
thickBilledMurre_USGS_ASC_argos_diagTabular.csv 317.09 KB text/csv
thickBilledMurre_USGS_ASC_argos_dsLegacy.txt 523.87 KB text/plain
thickBilledMurre_USGS_ASC_argos_dsTabular.csv 811.92 KB text/csv
thickBilledMurre_USGS_ASC_argos_rawData_metadata.html 199.27 KB text/html
supplementaryMaterial.zip 3.12 MB application/zip
thickBilledMurre_USGS_ASC_argos_README.pdf 293.24 KB application/pdf
versionHistory.txt 674 Bytes text/plain

Purpose

These data were collected to better understand the timing and patterns of migratory movement of Thick-billed murres between breeding and wintering areas.

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