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Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) - Raw Data

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1995-07-18
End Date
1995-09-21

Citation

Hatch, S.A., Meyers, P.M., Mulcahy, D.M., and Douglas, D.C., 2020, Tracking data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) (ver 1.0, October 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9L9EIUI.

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 5 satellite transmitters attached to Tufted puffins on the Barren Islands in the northern Gulf of Alaska, 1995. 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 fifth file, [...]

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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tuftedPuffin_USGS_ASC_argos_deploymentAttributes.csv 2.01 KB text/csv
tuftedPuffin_USGS_ASC_argos_diagLegacy.txt 146.95 KB text/plain
tuftedPuffin_USGS_ASC_argos_diagTabular.csv 69.16 KB text/csv
tuftedPuffin_USGS_ASC_argos_dsLegacy.txt 112.11 KB text/plain
tuftedPuffin_USGS_ASC_argos_dsTabular.csv 187.89 KB text/csv
tuftedPuffin_USGS_ASC_argos_rawData_metadata.html 193.25 KB text/html
supplementaryMaterial.zip 4.44 MB application/zip
tuftedPuffin_USGS_ASC_argos_README.pdf 300.8 KB application/pdf
versionHistory.txt 684 Bytes text/plain

Purpose

These data were collected to better understand the timing and patterns of movement of Tufted puffins in the northern Gulf of Alaska.

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