Child Item 2: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge) - Raw Data

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 28 satellite transmitters attached to Common Murres on their breeding range in arctic and western Alaska, 1994-1996. 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...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Barren Islands, All tags... Bering Sea, Biota, Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Cape Lisburne, Cape Thompson, Capture-recapture studies, Chukchi Sea, Coastal ecosystems, Common murre, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Middleton Island, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Fewer tags

Child Item 1: Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge) - Processed Data

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 28 satellite transmitters attached to Common Murres on their breeding range in arctic and western Alaska, 1994-1996. 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 Argos location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Barren Islands, All tags... Bering Sea, Biota, Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Cape Lisburne, Cape Thompson, Capture-recapture studies, Chukchi Sea, Coastal ecosystems, Common murre, Environment, Gulf of Alaska, Marine ecosystems, Middleton Island, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uria aalge, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Fewer tags