Argos PTT Tracking Database

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ICE EDGES; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; SEA ICE; ICE EXTENT; ICEBERGS; PACK ICE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; PENGUINS; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; BIRDS; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; BALEEN WHALES; CETACEANS; ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES; ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES; ANTARCTICA; BIOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System; OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network; CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE; COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE; EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OBIS/AADC; ANTABIF; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND; CONTINENT > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Admiralty Bay; Weddell; Heard; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; McDonald Islands; Ramirez; Monolith; Edmonson Point; Magnetic Island; Auster; Inexpressible Island; Shirley Island; Spit Bay; Scullin Monolith; Albatross Island; Taylor Rookery; Auster Rookery; Ufs Island; Dumont d'Urville Base; Dumont-d'Urville Base; Adelie penguin; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctica; Australian Antarctic Program; baleen whales; Blue whale; Crabeater Seal; Elephant Seal; Iceberg*; International Polar Year; IPY; Macaroni penguin; Macquarie Island; Ross Seal; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seal; Weddell Seal; walrus*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/argos-ptt-tracking-database/685060; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/DB_Argos_PTT_Tracking; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/argos/; http://www.argos-system.org//; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=DB_Argos_PTT_Tracking

According to ARGOS, the position error can vary from 350 metres (class 3) to about 5km or less for a class 1 hit. Most end-users use speed filter and have a degree of confidence on the majority of the filtered data. Most tracked species are marine and one can use a land-sea mask to remove positions...