Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) - Raw Data
type: Dataset
contact point: Organization
  fn: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
keyword: platform-transmitter-terminal
keyword: seward-peninsula
keyword: seasonal-distribution
keyword: national
keyword: argos
keyword: breeding-sites
keyword: colville-river
keyword: tracking-equipment
keyword: ornithology
keyword: npr-a
keyword: alaska
keyword: satellite-transmitter
keyword: animals-vertebrates
keyword: coastal-ecosystems
keyword: north-america
keyword: marine-ecosystems
keyword: usgs-asc369
keyword: biota
keyword: whimbrel
keyword: animal-tracking
keyword: geoss
keyword: united-states
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: birds
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: kanuti-national-wildlife-refuge
keyword: tagging-devices
keyword: migratory-rates-routes
keyword: ckan
keyword: pacific-americas-flyway
keyword: wildlife
keyword: environment
keyword: migratory-species
keyword: capture-recapture-studies
keyword: overwintering
keyword: telemetry
keyword: national-petroleum-reserve-alaska
keyword: species-life-history
keyword: geo
keyword: seasonal-movement
keyword: waders-gulls-auks-and-allies
keyword: migratory-birds
keyword: ptt
theme: {geospatial}
description: 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 32 satellite transmitters attached to Whimbrels on their breeding range in arctic and western Alaska, 2006-2010. 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.
issued: 2025-11-22T02:43:58.998510
modified: 20210511
spatial: Location

US Migrating
type: Agent

Original Metadata
type: Distribution
access URL: https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.ASC369.xml
media type: text/xml
description: The metadata original format
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-28T20:24:18.203916
modified: 2025-11-22T02:43:58.975972

Digital Data
type: Distribution
access URL: https://doi.org/10.5066/P978PX2X
media type: application/http
description: Landing page for access to the data
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-28T20:24:18.203923
modified: 2025-11-22T02:43:58.976492