Child Item 1: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) - Processed Data

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Publication Date: 2019-09-18
Start Date: 2007-02-11
End Date: 2010-08-05

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Hupp, J.W., Tibbitts, T.L., and Douglas, D.C., 2019, Tracking data for Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) (ver 1.0, September 2019): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P90A6HW3.

Summary

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 129 satellite transmitters attached to Northern Pintail ducks on their winter range in Japan, 2007-2009. 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 "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check. Each record also includes a 'Tracking_Status' [...]

Summary

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 129 satellite transmitters attached to Northern Pintail ducks on their winter range in Japan, 2007-2009. 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 "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check. 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 a 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 "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release.

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Alaska Science Center
Originator :: Jerry W Hupp, Lee Tibbitts, David C Douglas
Metadata Contact :: Alaska Science Center
Publisher :: Alaska Science Center
Distributor :: USGS ScienceBase Team, Movebank
SDC Data Owner :: Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Ecosystems

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northernPintail_USGS_ASC_argos_decodedSensor.csv		38.79 MB	text/csv
northernPintail_USGS_ASC_argos_deploymentAttributes.csv		35.42 KB	text/csv
northernPintail_USGS_ASC_argos_diag_filteredLocations.csv		16.8 MB	text/csv
northernPintail_USGS_ASC_argos_processedData_metadata.html		217.79 KB	text/html
northernPintail_USGS_ASC_argos_processedData_metadata.xml Original FGDC Metadata	View	100.77 KB	application/fgdc+xml
northernPintail_USGS_ASC_argos_README.pdf		306.6 KB	application/pdf
supplementaryMaterial.zip		5.31 MB	application/zip
versionHistory.txt		644 Bytes	text/plain

Related External Resources

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Yamaguchi, N., Hupp, J.W., Higuchi, H., Flint, P.L., Pearce, J.M., 2010. Satellite tracking of Northern Pintail Anas acuta during outbreaks of the H5N1 virus in Japan: implications for virus spread. Ibis 152(2):262-271, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01010.x	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01010.x
Hupp, J.W., Yamaguchi, N., Flint, P.L., Pearce, J.M., Tokita, K., Shimada, T., Ramey, A.M., Kharitonov, S., Higuchi, H., 2011. Variation in spring migration routes and breeding distribution of northern pintails Anas acuta that winter in Japan. Journal of Avian Biology 42(4):289-300, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05320.x	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05320.x
Yamaguchi, N., Hupp, J.W., Flint, P.L., Pearce, J.M., Shigeta, Y., Shimada, T., Hiraoka, E.N., Higuchi, H., 2012. Habitat use and movement patterns of Northern Pintails during spring in northern Japan: the importance of agricultural lands. Journal of Field Ornithology 83(2):141-153, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2012.00364.x	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2012.00364.x
Hupp, J.W., Kharitonov, S., Yamaguchi, N., Ozaki, K., Flint, P.L., Pearce, J.M., Tokita, K., Shimada, T., Higuchi, H., 2015. Evidence that dorsally mounted satellite transmitters affect migration chronology of Northern Pintails. Journal of Ornithology 156(4):977-989, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1218-1	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1218-1

Purpose

These data were collected to better understand the timing and patterns of migratory movements of Northern Pintails from wintering grounds in Japan as part of a project on the possible spread of Eurasian forms of avian influenza to North America.

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