Oil Industry Marine Mammal Aerial Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.043

Summary
This data set was collected as part of the Joint Monitoring Program during
seismic activities in the Chukchi Sea in summer and fall of 2006. The
objective of the aerial surveys was to update data on distribution and
relative abundance of marine mammals in coastal areas of the eastern Chukchi
Sea during the open-water season. Aerial surveys were conducted from Barrow to
Point Hope in two ways: a sawtooth flight pattern and a coastline flight
pattern. The sawtooth survey was broad-scale, reaching approximately 20 nm
offshore. The coastal survey hugged the coastline, focusing on nearshore areas
and lagoons. Aerial surveys were conducted in 2006 to monitor marine mammal
abundance, distribution, and behavior and determine the potential effects of
offshore seismic exploration activities on marine mammals. Surveys focused on
beluga, bowhead, and gray whales, though other marine mammals were observed.
Pinniped observations were made, but were limited due to flight altitude and
speed. This dataset is part of the Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis
(PacMARS) Project. This dataset contains the original CSV files, metadata
files, shapefiles, and geodatabase files in ZIP files.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 255.043
 * doi:10.5065/D64T6GCF
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D64T6GCF

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc. 2013. Oil Industry Marine Mammal Aerial
 Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D64T6GCF Accessed 26 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * PacMARS: Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesis
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PacMARS

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: no set schedule
 * Language: English

ISO Topic Categories
 * oceans

Categories
 * Arctic
 * Biology
 * Mammals

Platforms
 * Helicopter

Instruments
 * Visual Observations

Sites
 * Chukchi Sea

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHALES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > BEARS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES

Documentation
 * COP_MM_A_OBS_CK_2006_Metadata_Ed2.html [25 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F771708C9C/COP_MM_A_OBS_CK_2006_Metadata_Ed2.html
 * COP_MM_A_XECT_CK_2006_Metadata_Ed2.html [21 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F771708C9B/COP_MM_A_XECT_CK_2006_Metadata_Ed2.html
 * Shell_MM_A_OBS_1990_91_Metadata_Ed1.html [16 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F771BF1087/Shell_MM_A_OBS_1990_91_Metadata_Ed1.html
 * Shell_MM_A_OBS_XECT_BF_CK_2006_08_2010_Metadata_Ed1.html [55 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F771BF1096/Shell_MM_A_OBS_XECT_BF_CK_2006_08_2010_Metadata_Ed1.html
 * Shell_WALRUS_A_OBS_1989_Metadata_Ed1.html [53 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/45F771BF109F/Shell_WALRUS_A_OBS_1989_Metadata_Ed1.html

Related links
 * info: Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program
   https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/projects/csesp/
 * info: PacMARS Data Policy
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/pacmars/docs/data_policy-pacmars.pdf
 * homepage: PacMARS Home Page
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/list?project=364

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2006-07-09 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2008-09-21 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 73.5675
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 68.36522
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -167.9852
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -153.80761

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Christie Cowee <ccowee@resdat.com>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1175

Additional contact information
 * author: LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc.
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1291

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.043?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/255.043?format=isotc211