Walrus Haulout Outlines Apparent from Satellite Imagery Near Point Lay Alaska, Autumn 2018-2020

These data are in three folders of Keyhole Markup Language (KML) geospatial polygons representing the outlines of walrus herds apparent in satellite imagery. Each KML file contains one or more geospatial polygons of walrus herd outlines created by one observer who visually interpreted the images. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fischbach, Anthony S, Douglas, David C, Monette, Collin J
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2021
Subjects:
Marine mammals, Aerial surveys, Age composition, Wildlife, Aquatic ecosystems, Marine ecosystems, Coastal ecosystems, Aerial photography, Image collections, Field inventory and monitoring, Walrus, Pacific Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus divergens, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, Point Lay
Chukchi Sea
Keyhole
Pacific
Sea Point
Chukchi
Odobenus rosmarus
Alaska
walrus*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p9s2ul7n
https://alaska.usgs.gov/products/data.php?dataid=421
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Summary:These data are in three folders of Keyhole Markup Language (KML) geospatial polygons representing the outlines of walrus herds apparent in satellite imagery. Each KML file contains one or more geospatial polygons of walrus herd outlines created by one observer who visually interpreted the images. The attribute values from all KML files are collected in a CSV table included with this data package.

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