Marine animal sighting, benthic organism, and other data from aircraft and other platforms in the Bering and Beaufort Seas as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 19 August 1971 to 12 March 1983 (NODC Accession 8500273)

• Format: Dataset
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• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 8500273; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB; AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB; ANIMALS - GROUP - BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - AGE; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - CAUSE OF DEATH; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - COUNTS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - DIVE TIMES; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MARKS OR TAGS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - RELATIVE POSITION; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - STOMACH CONTENTS; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BOTTOM TYPE; cloud amount/frequency; cloud types; DEBRIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLARE; GLARE - DIRECTION; GLARE - TYPE; HABITAT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE; ICE - CHARACTERISTICS; ICE - COVERAGE; ICE - DEFORMATION; ICE - TYPE; OXYGEN; SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER; SALINITY - SURFACE WATER; SEA DIRECTION; SEA HEIGHT; SEA STATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SECCHI DEPTH; SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS; SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT; SWELL DIRECTION; SWELL HEIGHT; TAXONOMIC CODE; TIDE STAGE; turbidity; VISIBILITY; WATER COLOR; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; biota surveys; laboratory analysis; meteorological sensors; net; photograph; salinometer; sediment sampler - corer; sediment sampler - grab; thermometer; visual estimate; visual observation; biological; AIRCRAFT; ALUMIAC; UNKNOWN; USCGC GLACIER; USCGC NORTHWIND; Battelle Ocean Sciences Laboratory - New England; Lgl Ltd.; Alaska Research Associates, Inc.; Oregon State University; College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (OCSEAP); Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; oceanography; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; glacier; Alaska
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Marine animal sighting, benthic organism, and other data were collected from aircraft and other platforms in the Bering and Beaufort Seas from 19 August 1971 to 12 March 1983. Data were submitted by Oregon State University (OSU) as part of Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F127 Marine Animal and Census and the F132 Benthic Organism formats. Full format and format code descriptions are available at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-datafmts.html. An analog file for this accession is available from NODC user services. The F127 format is used for data from field observations of marine animals. Data may be reported either for individual, random sightings or for sightings made as part of systematic ship or aircraft surveys along specified tracks. These data provide information on animal population densities and distributions, activities, migratory routes and breeding locales. Cruise or survey information, start and end positions, start and end times, and platform speed, direction, and altitude are reported for each observation or series of observations. Position, date and time are reported for each sighting location, along with a code indicating presence or absence of animals and, if present, their distance to the observer, shoreline, and ice edge and heading direction. For each sighting location, animal sighting data are reported by species for all observed species. Species identification, total number of individuals, and counts by age group (adults, subadults, juveniles, unknown) may be reported in summary for all animals sighted or by subgroups distinguished by sex, behavior, markings, or other characteristics. A text record is available for comments. The F132 format contains data from field sampling or surveys of bottom dwelling marine organisms. The data provide information on species abundance, distribution, and biomass; they may have been collected by point sampling (grab or core), by tow (dredge, trawl or net), by photographic surveys, or by other methods. Cruise information such as vessel, start and end dates, investigator, and institution/agency; station numbers, positions and times; and equipment and methods are reported for each survey. Environmental data reported at each sampling site may include meteorological and sea surface conditions; surface and bottom temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen; and sediment characteristics. Number of individual organisms and total weight of organisms is reported for each species. A text record is available for comments.