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GOAMAPPS Air Effort Status:
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GOAMAPPS Air Effort Date:
creation: 2024-02-28T05:00:00.300+00:00 Date:
publication: 2024-02-28T05:00:00.000+00:00 originatorU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceContact ID: 90bb1dce-d6f6-49c9-bb8d-83e2f684a996 pointOfContactRandy WilsonContact ID: 4a0d21ad-9039-49f1-8e14-fd977e277ece Contact Type:
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This data view represents the survey effort for 2018-2020 Gulf of America Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species surveys and the subsequent 2022-2023 U.S. Fish and Wildlife aerial surveys in the northern Gulf of America. Resource ContactspointOfContactRandy WilsonContact ID: 4a0d21ad-9039-49f1-8e14-fd977e277ece Contact Type:
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Time Period
Start Datetime:
2018-01-31T05:00:00.000+00:00 End Datetime:
2023-03-02T05:00:00.000+00:00 Keywordstheme
Aerial survey
Population survey
Transect design
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The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. While the Service makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data provided for distribution, it may not have the necessary accuracy or completeness required for every possible intended use. The Service recommends that data users consult the associated metadata record to understand the quality and possible limitations of the data. The Service creates metadata records in accordance with the standards endorsed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. As a result of the above considerations, the Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data in a manner consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Service, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This applies to the use of the data both alone and in aggregate with other data and information. Resource LocalesDefault LocaleLanguage Code:
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If a transect was not flown, it is absent from the data view for the corresponding survey period. This data view is important and can be used along with vw_air_all_observations to infer zero value transects, by species or species group.
This seabird survey in the northern Gulf of America was conducted as part of the Bureau of Energy Management’s Gulf of America Marine Assessment Project for Protected Species (GoAMAPPS: 2017-2020), with additional surveys supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS; 2022-2023). Surveys were conducted during January and February (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023) and July (2018, 2022) based on lessons learned from a pilot-effort in July of 2017. All surveys were conducted from USFWS Quest Kodiak amphibious aircraft at 200 feet AGL from the USA-Mexico border near Brownsville, TX to Key West, FL including the Dry Tortugas. Surveys extended from the shoreline out to 50 miles for 2018-2020 and were subsequently extended to 100 miles offshore in 2022 and 2023. Using the US Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program’s 40 sq km hexagon sampling grid and a generalized random tessellation stratified sampling technique, we drew a random sample of 180 hexagons to survey in 2018-2020. In 2022 and 2023 and additional 20-hegaons were selected within the BOEM Wind Energy Planning Area. We then selected a random flight direction for each hexagon, which defined two additional, adjacent hexagons thereby increasing the spatial coverage and creating a three-hexagon sampling unit. Each sampling unit consists of three parallel 10 mile transects spaced 1 mile apart, resulting in approximately 30 mile of transect per sampling unit. Resource DistributionDistributionDescription:
Air Effort data of the Gulf of America Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species. Liability Statement:
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. While the Service makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data provided for distribution, it may not have the necessary accuracy or completeness required for every possible intended use. The Service recommends that data users consult the associated metadata record to understand the quality and possible limitations of the data. The Service creates metadata records in accordance with the standards endorsed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. As a result of the above considerations, the Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data in a manner consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Service, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This applies to the use of the data both alone and in aggregate with other data and information. Data DictionariesDictionarySubject:
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GOAMAPPS Air Effort Definition:
The survey effort for the Gulf of America Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species surveys. Attribute: survey_periodName:
survey_period Code:
survey_period Definition:
The survey year (YYYY) and season (winter or summer). Datatype:
character varying Allow NULL Values:
false Attribute Values Must Be Unique:
true Value is Case Sensitive:
false Attribute: survey_yearName:
survey_year Code:
survey_year Definition:
The survey year (YYYY). Datatype:
integer Allow NULL Values:
false Attribute Values Must Be Unique:
true Value is Case Sensitive:
false Attribute: survey_monthName:
survey_month Code:
survey_month Definition:
Month the transect was surveyed (MM) without leading zeros. Datatype:
integer Allow NULL Values:
false Attribute Values Must Be Unique:
true Value is Case Sensitive:
false Attribute: survey_dayName:
survey_day Code:
survey_day Definition:
Day of the month the transect was surveyed (DD) without leading zeros. Datatype:
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false Attribute Values Must Be Unique:
true Value is Case Sensitive:
false Attribute: epa_hex_center_idName:
epa_hex_center_id Code:
epa_hex_center_id Definition:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hexagon center identifier. Each center hexagon has two associated neighbor hexagons. Datatype:
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false Attribute Values Must Be Unique:
true Value is Case Sensitive:
false Attribute: transectName:
transect Code:
transect Definition:
Numeric identifier for transect. Each epa_hex_center_id contains three survey transects (1, 2, 3). Each transect is associated with an epa_hex_center_id. Datatype:
integer Allow NULL Values:
false Attribute Values Must Be Unique:
true Value is Case Sensitive:
false Attribute: observer_idName:
observer_id Code:
observer_id Definition:
Numeric identifier representing each unique observer. Datatype:
integer Allow NULL Values:
false Attribute Values Must Be Unique:
true Value is Case Sensitive:
false Attribute: seatName:
seat Code:
seat Definition:
Location of the observer within the aircraft (lf = left-front and rf = right-front). Datatype:
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false Attribute Values Must Be Unique:
true Value is Case Sensitive:
false Attribute: length_kmName:
length_km Code:
length_km Definition:
The transect length in kilometers. Datatype:
decimal Allow NULL Values:
false Attribute Values Must Be Unique:
true Value is Case Sensitive:
false Attribute: crew_idName:
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Numeric identifier for the crew. Datatype:
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GOAMAPPS Air Effort - data dictionary Date:
creation: 2024-02-28T19:49:36.783+00:00 pointOfContactRandy WilsonContact ID: 4a0d21ad-9039-49f1-8e14-fd977e277ece Contact Type:
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