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Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Emperor Geese (Anser canagicus) - Raw Data

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1999-07-28
End Date
2003-08-03

Citation

Uher-Koch, B.D., Schmutz, J.A., Hupp, J.W., Ely, C.R., and Douglas, D.C., 2021, Tracking data for Emperor Geese (Anser canagicus) (ver 1.0, April 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GJQ6LF.

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 53 satellite transmitters attached to Emperor Geese on their breeding range in western Alaska, 1999-2003. 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, "deploymentAttributes", [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
Brian D Uher-Koch, Joel A Schmutz, Jerry W Hupp, Craig R Ely, 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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emperorGoose_USGS_ASC_argos_deploymentAttributes.csv 14.31 KB text/csv
emperorGoose_USGS_ASC_argos_diagLegacy.txt 17.16 MB text/plain
emperorGoose_USGS_ASC_argos_diagTabular.csv 7.73 MB text/csv
emperorGoose_USGS_ASC_argos_dsLegacy.txt 13.28 MB text/plain
emperorGoose_USGS_ASC_argos_dsTabular.csv 21.81 MB text/csv
emperorGoose_USGS_ASC_argos_rawData_metadata.html 206.12 KB text/html
emperorGoose_USGS_ASC_argos_README.pdf 297.2 KB application/pdf
supplementaryMaterial.zip 4.44 MB application/zip
versionHistory.txt 689 Bytes text/plain

Purpose

These data were collected to better understand the timing and patterns of migratory movement of Emperor Geese from breeding areas in Alaska to moulting and wintering areas around the Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea, and North Pacific.

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