Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "rawData" folder of this data package. This data package contains all data collected by the Argos System from 129 satellite transmitters attached to Northern Pintail ducks on their winter range in Japan, 2007-2009. Five data files are included in the "rawData" folder of this data package. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular CSV format. The fifth file, "deploymentAttributes", contains one record for each transmitter deployment in a CSV formatted table. The deployment attributes file contains information such as when the transmitter was attached to the animal, when tracking of a live animal ended, and a variety of variables describing the animal and transmitter. This table is identical to the "deploymentAttributes" table in the "processedData" folder of this data package.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
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identifier USGS:ASC229
metadata_type geospatial
modified 20201125
old-spatial 129.89, 35.10, -179.83, 71.19
publisher U.S. Geological Survey
publisher_hierarchy Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
resource-type Dataset
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spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[129.89, 35.10], [129.89, 71.19], [ -179.83, 71.19], [ -179.83, 35.10], [129.89, 35.10]]]}
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • animal-tracking
  • animals-vertebrates
  • argos
  • biological-classification
  • biota
  • birds
  • breeding-area
  • breeding-sites
  • ckan
  • distribution
  • ducks-geese-swans
  • east-asia-flyway
  • ecological-dynamics
  • environment
  • field-methods
  • field-sampling
  • geo
  • geoss
  • hokkaido
  • honshu
  • iwate
  • izunuma
  • japan
  • migration
  • migration-organisms
  • migration-pathway
  • migratory-birds
  • migratory-strategies
  • national
  • north-america
  • north-pacific-ocean
  • ornithology
  • overwintering
  • platform-transmitter-terminal
  • ptt
  • russia
  • satellite-transmitter
  • seasonal-distribution
  • seasonal-movement
  • siberia
  • species-life-history
  • species-migration
  • telemetry
  • tracking-equipment
  • united-states
  • usgs-asc229
  • wildlife-biology
  • wintering-area
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
maintainer_email ascweb@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T23:15:42.898741
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T23:15:42.898746
notes This metadata document describes the data contained in the "rawData" folder of this data package. This data package contains all data collected by the Argos System from 129 satellite transmitters attached to Northern Pintail ducks on their winter range in Japan, 2007-2009. Five data files are included in the "rawData" folder of this data package. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular CSV format. The fifth file, "deploymentAttributes", contains one record for each transmitter deployment in a CSV formatted table. The deployment attributes file contains information such as when the transmitter was attached to the animal, when tracking of a live animal ended, and a variety of variables describing the animal and transmitter. This table is identical to the "deploymentAttributes" table in the "processedData" folder of this data package.
num_resources 2
num_tags 50
title Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) - Raw Data