Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) - Raw Data
type: Dataset
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 19 satellite transmitters attached to Northern Fulmars on their breeding range in the Bering Sea and northern Gulf of Alaska, 2001-2006. 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.
keyword: alaska
keyword: albatrosses-petrels-and-allies
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: animal-tracking
keyword: animals-vertebrates
keyword: argos
keyword: bering-sea
keyword: biota
keyword: birds
keyword: breeding-sites
keyword: capture-recapture-studies
keyword: ckan
keyword: coastal-ecosystems
keyword: environment
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: gulf-of-alaska
keyword: marine-ecosystems
keyword: migratory-birds
keyword: migratory-rates-routes
keyword: migratory-species
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: northern-fulmar
keyword: ornithology
keyword: overwintering
keyword: pacific-ocean
keyword: platform-transmitter-terminal
keyword: ptt
keyword: satellite-transmitter
keyword: seabirds
keyword: seasonal-distribution
keyword: seasonal-movement
keyword: species-life-history
keyword: tagging-devices
keyword: telemetry
keyword: tracking-equipment
keyword: united-states
keyword: usgs-asc325
keyword: wildlife
issued: 2025-11-20T23:44:42.774461
modified: 20201030
theme: {geospatial}
contact point: Organization
  fn: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
spatial: Location

US Migrating
type: Agent

Original Metadata
type: Distribution
description: The metadata original format
media type: text/xml
format: XML
access URL: https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.ASC325.xml
issued: 2022-07-28T20:24:28.866881
modified: 2025-11-20T23:44:42.754775

Digital Data
type: Distribution
description: Landing page for access to the data
media type: application/http
format: XML
access URL: https://doi.org/10.5066/P992BR5E
issued: 2022-07-28T20:24:28.866888
modified: 2025-11-20T23:44:42.755193