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THREDDS Data Server

Catalog http://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov:8081/thredds/PaCOOS/GLOBEC/catalog.xml

Dataset: GLOBEC Data Server/GLOBEC Birds RDBMS

Data size: 365.7 Kbytes
Data type: Station
Naming Authority: gov.noaa.pfeg
ID: GLOBEC_Birds_data

Documentation:

Access:

OPENDAP: http://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/opendap/GLOBEC/GLOBEC_birds

Variables:

JGOFS/GLOBEC NEP vocabulary:
- year = Year, = Year (N/A)
- yrday_local = Yearday based on Julian calendar, local time, N/A = Julian Day (N/A)
- month_local = Month of year, Local time, N/A = Month Local (N/A)
- day_local = Day of Month , Local time, N/A = Day Local (N/A)
- trans_id = Identification number for transect, N/A = Transect ID (N/A)
- trans_no = Transect number, year day and transect number for that day, N/A = Transect Number (N/A)
- species = Species code, N/A = Species Code (N/A)
- number = Unadjusted number of birds recorded, N/A = Number (N/A)
- number_adj = Number of birds recorded after adjustment for the
  effect of bird movement relative to that of the ship (flux)., N/A = Unadjusted Number of Birds (N/A)
- lat = Latitude at beginning of the transect, negative = South, decD = Latitude (decimal degrees North)
- lon = Longitude at beginning of the transect, negative = west,decD = Longitude (decimal degrees East)
- head_c = Ship course given as compass direction to the nearest 10 degrees,
  divided by 10. (e.g., a course of 180 degrees is recorded as 18), degrees = Ship Course (degrees)
- area = Ocean area surveyed in that transect, kilometers2 = Area Surveyed (km2)
- wspd = Wind speed, Knots = Wind Speed (knots)
- flight_dir = Flight direction to nearest 10 degrees, divided by 10., degrees = Flight Direction (degrees)
- behav_code = Bird behavior , N/A = Bird Behavior (N/A)

GeospatialCoverage:

Longitude: -126.132 to -124.03 degrees_west
Latitude: 41.87 to 44.675 degrees_north

TimeCoverage:

Start: 2000-05-30 00:00:00Z
End: 2000-08-12 00:00:00Z
Duration: 74.0 days

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