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| Dataset Title: | Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) location data from a satellite telemetry tag (ptt id 58028) deployed in the Gulf of Alaska from 2006-04-30 to 2006-07-03, deployment id 564ba583e36c4fb77ceb8c9f
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| Institution: | NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center (Dataset ID: atn_58028_harbor-seal_trajectory_20060430-20060703) |
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Attributes {
s {
deploy_id {
String comment "Friendly name given to the tag by the user. If no specific friendly name is given, this is the PTT id.";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Identifier";
String long_name "id for this deployment. This is typically the tag ptt";
String platform "animal";
}
time {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
Float64 actual_range 1.146377504e+9, 1.151920742e+9;
String ancillary_variables "qartod_time_flag qartod_rollup_flag qartod_speed_flag";
String axis "T";
String calendar "standard";
String coverage_content_type "coordinate";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Time";
String long_name "Time of the measurement, in seconds since 1990-01-01";
String platform "animal";
String standard_name "time";
String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
}
depth {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
String _CoordinateZisPositive "down";
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
Int32 actual_range 0, 0;
String axis "Z";
String comment "This variable is synthetically generated to represent the depth of observations";
String coverage_content_type "coordinate";
String ioos_category "Location";
String long_name "depth of measurement";
String platform "animal";
String positive "down";
String standard_name "depth";
String units "m";
}
latitude {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
Float64 _FillValue NaN;
Float64 actual_range 59.368, 61.64;
String ancillary_variables "qartod_location_flag qartod_rollup_flag qartod_speed_flag error_radius semi_major_axis semi_minor_axis ellipse_orientation offset offset_orientation";
String axis "Y";
String coverage_content_type "coordinate";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Location";
String long_name "Latitude portion of location in decimal degrees North";
String platform "animal";
String standard_name "latitude";
String units "degrees_north";
Float64 valid_max 90.0;
Float64 valid_min -90.0;
}
longitude {
String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
Float64 _FillValue NaN;
Float64 actual_range -153.367, -149.256;
String ancillary_variables "qartod_location_flag qartod_rollup_flag qartod_speed_flag error_radius semi_major_axis semi_minor_axis ellipse_orientation offset offset_orientation";
String axis "X";
String coverage_content_type "coordinate";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Location";
String long_name "Longitude portion of location in decimal degrees East";
String platform "animal";
String standard_name "longitude";
String units "degrees_east";
Float64 valid_max 180.0;
Float64 valid_min -180.0;
}
ptt {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
Int32 actual_range 58028, 58028;
String comment "PTT id for this deployment. PTT ids may be used on multiple deployments, but not concurrently. When combined with deployment dates, PTTs can uniquely identify a deployment.";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Identifier";
String long_name "Platform Transmitter Terminal (PTT) id used for Argos transmissions";
String platform "animal";
}
instrument {
String comment "Wildlife Computers instrument family. Variable may report manufacturer default values (e.g., Mk10) and may not match correctly defined instrument_location or instrument_tag variables and attributes.";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Identifier";
String long_name "Instrument family";
String platform "animal";
}
type {
String comment "Type of location: Argos, FastGPS or User";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Other";
String long_name "Type of location information - Argos, GPS satellite or user provided location";
String platform "animal";
}
location_class {
String ancillary_variables "lat lon";
String code_meanings "estimated error less than 100m and 1+ messages received per satellite pass, estimated error less than 250m and 4+ messages received per satellite pass, estimated error between 250m and 500m and 4+ messages per satellite pass, estimated error between 500m and 1500m and 4+ messages per satellite pass, estimated error greater than 1500m and 4+ messages received per satellite pass, no least squares estimated error or unbounded kalman filter estimated error and 3 messages received per satellite pass, no least squares estimated error or unbounded kalman filter estimated error and 1 or 2 messages received per satellite pass, invalid location (available for Service Plus or Auxilliary Location Processing)";
String code_values "G,3,2,1,0,A,B,Z";
String comment "Quality codes from the ARGOS satellite (in meters): G,3,2,1,0,A,B,Z. See http://www.argos-system.org/manual/3-location/34_location_classes.htm";
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Location Quality Code from ARGOS satellite system";
String platform "animal";
String standard_name "quality_flag";
}
error_radius {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
String ancillary_variables "lat lon offset offset_orientation";
String comment "If the position is best represented as a circle, this field gives the radius of that circle in meters.";
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Error radius";
String platform "animal";
String units "m";
}
semi_major_axis {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
String ancillary_variables "lat lon ellipse_orientation offset offset_orientation";
String comment "If the estimated position error is best expressed as an ellipse, this field gives the length in meters of the semi-major elliptical axis (one half of the major axis).";
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Error - ellipse semi-major axis";
String platform "animal";
String units "m";
}
semi_minor_axis {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
String ancillary_variables "lat lon ellipse_orientation offset offset_orientation";
String comment "If the estimated position error is best expressed as an ellipse, this field gives the length in meters of the semi-minor elliptical axis (one half of the minor axis).";
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Error - ellipse semi-minor axis";
String platform "animal";
String units "m";
}
ellipse_orientation {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
String ancillary_variables "lat lon semi_major_axis semi_minor_axis offset offset_orientation";
String comment "The angle in degrees of the ellipse from true north, proceeding clockwise (0 to 360). A blank field represents 0 degrees.";
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Error - ellipse orientation in degrees clockwise from true north";
String platform "animal";
String units "degrees";
}
offset {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
String ancillary_variables "lat lon error_radius semi_major_axis semi_minor_axis offset_orientation";
String comment "This field is non-zero if the circle or ellipse are not centered on the (Latitude, Longitude) values on this row. \"Offset\" gives the distance in meters from (Latitude, Longitude) to the center of the ellipse.";
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Error - offset in meters to center of error ellipse or circle";
String platform "animal";
String units "m";
}
offset_orientation {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
String ancillary_variables "lat lon error_radius semi_major_axis semi_minor_axis offset";
String comment "If the \"Offset\" field is non-zero, this field is the angle in degrees from (Latitude, Longitude) to the center of the ellipse. Zero degrees is true north; a blank field represents 0 degrees.";
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Error - offset orientation angle to ellipse center";
String platform "animal";
String units "degrees";
}
gpe_msd {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Float64 _FillValue NaN;
String comment "Historical. No longer applicable.";
String coverage_content_type "auxillaryInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Other";
String platform "animal";
}
gpe_u {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Float64 _FillValue NaN;
String comment "Historical. No longer applicable.";
String coverage_content_type "auxillaryInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Other";
String platform "animal";
}
count {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
String comment "Total number of times a particular data item was received, verified, and successfully decoded.";
String coverage_content_type "auxillaryInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Statistics";
String long_name "Count";
String platform "animal";
String units "count";
}
qartod_time_flag {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Byte _FillValue -15;
String _Unsigned "true";
Byte actual_range 1, 1;
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String flag_meanings "PASS NOT_EVALUATED SUSPECT FAIL MISSING";
Byte flag_values 1, 2, 3, 4, 9;
String implementation "https://github.com/ioos/ioos_qc/";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Time QC test - gross range test";
String references "https://cdn.ioos.noaa.gov/media/2020/03/QARTOD_TS_Manual_Update2_200324_final.pdf";
String standard_name "gross_range_test_quality_flag";
}
qartod_speed_flag {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Byte _FillValue -15;
String _Unsigned "true";
Byte actual_range 1, 4;
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String flag_meanings "PASS NOT_EVALUATED SUSPECT FAIL MISSING";
Byte flag_values 1, 2, 3, 4, 9;
String implementation "https://github.com/ioos/ioos_qc/";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Speed QC test - gross range test";
String references "https://cdn.ioos.noaa.gov/media/2020/03/QARTOD_TS_Manual_Update2_200324_final.pdf";
String standard_name "gross_range_test_quality_flag";
}
qartod_location_flag {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Byte _FillValue -15;
String _Unsigned "true";
Byte actual_range 1, 1;
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String flag_meanings "PASS NOT_EVALUATED SUSPECT FAIL MISSING";
Byte flag_values 1, 2, 3, 4, 9;
String implementation "https://github.com/ioos/ioos_qc/";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Location QC test - Location test";
String references "https://cdn.ioos.noaa.gov/media/2020/03/QARTOD_TS_Manual_Update2_200324_final.pdf";
String standard_name "location_test_quality_flag";
}
qartod_rollup_flag {
UInt32 _ChunkSizes 799;
Byte _FillValue -15;
String _Unsigned "true";
Byte actual_range 1, 4;
String coverage_content_type "qualityInformation";
String flag_meanings "PASS NOT_EVALUATED SUSPECT FAIL MISSING";
Byte flag_values 1, 2, 3, 4, 9;
String implementation "https://github.com/ioos/ioos_qc/";
String ioos_category "Quality";
String long_name "Aggregate QC value";
String references "https://cdn.ioos.noaa.gov/media/2020/03/QARTOD_TS_Manual_Update2_200324_final.pdf";
String standard_name "aggregate_quality_flag";
}
comment {
String comment "Optional text field";
String coverage_content_type "auxillaryInformation";
String instrument "instrument_location";
String ioos_category "Other";
String long_name "Comment";
String platform "animal";
}
crs {
Int32 _FillValue -2147483647;
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String epsg_code "EPSG:4326";
String grid_mapping_name "latitude_longitude";
Float64 inverse_flattening 298.257223563;
String ioos_category "Other";
String long_name "Coordinate Reference System - http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326";
Float64 semi_major_axis 6378137.0;
}
trajectory {
String cf_role "trajectory_id";
String ioos_category "Other";
String long_name "trajectory identifier";
}
animal_age {
Int32 _FillValue -9999;
String animal_age "Not provided";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Biology";
String long_name "age of the animal as measured or estimated at deployment";
}
animal_life_stage {
String animal_life_stage "not specified";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Biology";
String long_name "Lifestage of the animal at time of deployment ";
}
animal_sex {
String animal_sex "not specified";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Biology";
String long_name "sex of the animal at time of tag deployment";
}
animal_weight {
Float32 _FillValue NaN;
String animal_weight "Not provided";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Biology";
String long_name "mass of the animal as measured or estimated at deployment";
String units "kg";
}
animal_length {
Float32 _FillValue NaN;
String animal_length "Not provided";
String animal_length_type "Not provided";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Biology";
String long_name "length of the animal as measured or estimated at deployment";
}
animal_length_2 {
Float32 _FillValue NaN;
String animal_length_2 "Not provided";
String animal_length_2_type "Not provided";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Biology";
String long_name "length of the animal as measured or estimated at deployment";
}
animal {
Int32 AphiaID 137084;
String authority "Linnaeus, 1758";
String class "Mammalia";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String family "Phocidae";
String genus "Phoca";
String infraorder "Pinnipedia";
String infraphylum "Gnathostomata";
String ioos_category "Other";
String kingdom "Animalia";
String long_name "tagged animal id";
String megaclass "Tetrapoda";
String order "Carnivora";
String phylum "Chordata";
String rank "Species";
String scientificname "Phoca vitulina";
String species "Phoca vitulina";
String subclass "Theria";
String suborder "Caniformia";
String subphylum "Vertebrata";
String superdomain "Biota";
Int32 taxonRankID 220;
String valid_name "Phoca vitulina";
}
instrument_tag {
String calibration_date "Not Provided";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Identifier";
String long_name "telemetry tag applied to animal";
String make_model "SPLASH";
String manufacturer "Wildlife Computers";
String serial_number "05L0066";
}
instrument_location {
String calibration_date "Not Provided";
String comment "Location";
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Identifier";
String location_type "argos / modeled";
String long_name "Wildlife Computers SPLASH";
String make_model "SPLASH";
String manufacturer "Wildlife Computers";
String serial_number "05L0066";
}
taxon_name {
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Taxonomy";
String long_name "most precise taxonomic classification for the tagged animal";
String source "WoRMS (2025). Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137084 on 2025-11-06";
String standard_name "biological_taxon_name";
String url "https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137084";
}
taxon_lsid {
String coverage_content_type "referenceInformation";
String ioos_category "Identifier";
String long_name "Namespaced Taxon Identifier for the tagged animal";
String source "WoRMS (2025). Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137084 on 2025-11-06";
String standard_name "biological_taxon_lsid";
String url "https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137084";
}
}
NC_GLOBAL {
String _NCProperties "version=2,netcdf=4.9.2,hdf5=1.14.6";
String acknowledgement "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), Axiom Data Science, Office of Naval Research (ONR), NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Wildlife Computers, Argos, IOOS Animal Telemetry Network (ATN)";
String animal_common_name "harbor seal";
String animal_id "PV2006_0288";
String animal_scientific_name "Phoca vitulina";
String arbitrary_keywords "ATN, Animal Telemetry Network, IOOS, Integrated Ocean Observing System, trajectory, satellite telemetry tag";
String argos_program_number "522";
String cdm_data_type "Trajectory";
String cdm_trajectory_variables "trajectory, animal";
String citation "London, Josh; Boveng, Peter. (2025). Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) location data from a satellite telemetry tag (ptt id 58028) deployed in the Gulf of Alaska from 2006-04-30 to 2006-07-03, deployment id 564ba583e36c4fb77ceb8c9f. [Dataset]. US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Animal Telemetry Network (ATN).";
String comment "PV2006_0288_05L0066";
String contributor_email "peter.boveng@noaa.gov";
String contributor_institution "NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center";
String contributor_name "Peter Boveng";
String contributor_role "author";
String contributor_role_vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/G04/current/";
String contributor_url "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2732-4833";
String Conventions "CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3, IOOS-1.2, ATN Satellite Telemetry Specification v1.0";
String creator_country "USA";
String creator_email "josh.london@noaa.gov";
String creator_institution "NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center";
String creator_institution_url "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/marine-mammal-laboratory";
String creator_name "Josh London";
String creator_role "principalInvestigator";
String creator_role_vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/G04/current/";
String creator_sector "government";
String creator_sector_vocabulary "https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/sector";
String creator_type "person";
String creator_url "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3647-5046";
String date_created "2025-11-06T01:07:40Z";
String date_issued "2025-11-06T01:07:40Z";
String date_metadata_modified "2025-11-06";
String date_modified "2025-11-06T01:07:40Z";
String deployment_end_datetime "2006-07-03T19:00:00Z";
String deployment_id "564ba583e36c4fb77ceb8c9f";
String deployment_start_datetime "2006-04-30T00:06:00Z";
Float64 Easternmost_Easting -149.256;
String featureType "Trajectory";
String geospatial_bbox "POLYGON ((-149.256 59.368, -149.256 61.64, -153.367 61.64, -153.367 59.368, -149.256 59.368))";
String geospatial_bounds "POLYGON ((-153.033 59.368, -153.363 59.432, -153.367 59.451, -153.301 60.67, -152.66 61.028, -151.232 61.417, -150.348 61.64, -149.256 61.45, -149.938 60.849, -152.579 59.552, -152.797 59.447, -152.931 59.401, -153.033 59.368))";
String geospatial_bounds_crs "EPSG:4326";
Float64 geospatial_lat_max 61.64;
Float64 geospatial_lat_min 59.368;
String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
Float64 geospatial_lon_max -149.256;
Float64 geospatial_lon_min -153.367;
String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
Float64 geospatial_vertical_max 0.0;
Float64 geospatial_vertical_min 0.0;
String geospatial_vertical_positive "down";
String geospatial_vertical_units "m";
String history
"2022-05-13T20:48:31Z - Created by the IOOS ATN DAC from the Wildlife Computers API
2026-05-13T01:26:33Z (local files)
2026-05-13T01:26:33Z http://atn.ioos.us/erddap/tabledap/atn_58028_harbor-seal_trajectory_20060430-20060703.html";
String id "564ba583e36c4fb77ceb8c9f";
String infoUrl "https://portal.atn.ioos.us/#metadata/af7f5c48-2772-4960-a70f-c44f49f30cc0/project";
String institution "NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center";
String instrument "Satellite telemetry tag";
String keywords "Earth Science > Agriculture > Animal Science > Animal Ecology And Behavior, Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates, Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species/Population Interactions > Migratory Rates/Routes, Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecosystems > Marine Ecosystems, Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Biospheric Indicators > Species Migration, Earth Science > Oceans, PROVIDERS > COMMERCIAL > Axiom Data Science, PROVIDERS > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES > DOC > NOAA > IOOS";
String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords v15.1";
String license "These data may be used and redistributed for free, but are not intended for legal use, since they may contain inaccuracies. No person or group associated with these data makes any warranty, expressed or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. This disclaimer applies to both individual use of these data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that users read and fully comprehend associated metadata prior to use. Please acknowledge the U.S. Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) or the specified citation as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or representations of these data. Communication and collaboration with dataset authors are strongly encouraged.";
String naming_authority "com.wildlifecomputers";
String ncei_template_version "NCEI_NetCDF_Trajectory_Template_v2.0";
Float64 Northernmost_Northing 61.64;
String platform "land-sea mammals";
String platform_category "animal";
String platform_id "137084";
String platform_name "Phoca vitulina";
String platform_vocabulary "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/current/";
String processing_level "NetCDF file created from position data obtained from Wildlife Computers API.";
String program "IOOS Animal Telemetry Network";
String project "A Dataset from Bio-loggers Deployed on Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) in Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2004-2007";
String ptt_id "58028";
String publisher_country "USA";
String publisher_email "atndata@ioos.us";
String publisher_institution "US Integrated Ocean Observing System Office";
String publisher_name "US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Animal Telemetry Network (ATN)";
String publisher_type "institution";
String publisher_url "https://atn.ioos.us";
String sea_name "Gulf of Alaska";
String source "Service Argos";
String sourceUrl "(local files)";
Float64 Southernmost_Northing 59.368;
String standard_name_vocabulary "CF-v78";
String subsetVariables "deploy_id, trajectory, taxon_name, taxon_lsid, animal_life_stage, animal_sex, animal_age, animal_weight, animal_length, animal_length_2, instrument_tag, instrument_location, animal";
String summary "Wildlife Computers SPLASH tag (ptt id 58028) deployed on a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) by Josh London in the Gulf of Alaska from 2006-04-30 to 2006-07-03";
String time_coverage_duration "P64DT3H47M18S";
String time_coverage_end "2006-07-03T09:59:02Z";
String time_coverage_resolution "P0DT1H57M24S";
String time_coverage_start "2006-04-30T06:11:44Z";
String title "Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) location data from a satellite telemetry tag (ptt id 58028) deployed in the Gulf of Alaska from 2006-04-30 to 2006-07-03, deployment id 564ba583e36c4fb77ceb8c9f";
String uuid "c9bdc786-5790-567e-a97f-1cf80fcbc92b";
String vendor "Wildlife Computers";
String vendor_id "564ba583e36c4fb77ceb8c9f";
Float64 Westernmost_Easting -153.367;
}
}
Data Access Protocol (DAP)
and its
selection constraints
.
The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.
Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names,
followed by a collection of
constraints (e.g., variable<value),
each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").
For details, see the tabledap Documentation.