Burkhardt, Elke (2019): Whale sightings during POLARSTERN cruise PS114 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.896939
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Related to:
von Appen, Wilken-Jon (2018): The Expedition PS114 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Fram Strait in 2018. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 723, 84 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0723_2018
Further details:
Project(s):
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 77.433279 * Median Longitude: 0.812682 * South-bound Latitude: 64.341520 * West-bound Longitude: -17.311120 * North-bound Latitude: 79.785750 * East-bound Longitude: 17.167350
Date/Time Start: 2018-07-12T23:20:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-08-02T16:47:00
Event(s):
PS114-track * Latitude Start: 53.567500 * Longitude Start: 8.554800 * Latitude End: 69.650900 * Longitude End: 18.963800 * Date/Time Start: 2018-07-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-08-03T00:00:00 * Location: North Atlantic * Campaign: PS114 * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT)
Comment:
Date/Time is given in UTC. Certainty of identification: definite if observer clearly identified the species. The number of individuals is binned according to the options given in the data acquisition software: 1, 2, 3, less equal 5, less equal 10, greater than 10, greater than 20. More precise values may exist, due to observer comments.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Burkhardt, Elke | Geocode | ||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Burkhardt, Elke | Geocode | ||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Burkhardt, Elke | Geocode | ||
| 4 | Whale species | Whale | Burkhardt, Elke | Visual observation | ||
| 5 | Certainty of identification | Certainty | Burkhardt, Elke | |||
| 6 | Individuals | Ind | # | Burkhardt, Elke | Visual observation |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Size:
57 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Whale | 5 Certainty | 6 Ind [#] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-12T23:20 | 64.34152 | 4.32615 | Whale, unidentified | definite | 1 |
| 2018-07-15T15:24 | 76.98338 | 4.69592 | Large whale, unidentified | definite | 1 |
| 2018-07-15T22:25 | 78.33170 | 4.45958 | Dolphins, unidentified | definite | 4 |
| 2018-07-15T22:50 | 78.41395 | 4.44458 | Dolphins, unidentified | definite | 1 |
| 2018-07-15T23:30 | 78.54113 | 4.42075 | Dolphins, unidentified | definite | 3 |
| 2018-07-16T00:09 | 78.66492 | 4.39865 | Lagenorhynchus albirostris | probable | 4 |
| 2018-07-16T01:08 | 78.85363 | 4.36335 | Lagenorhynchus albirostris | probable | 1 |
| 2018-07-16T01:40 | 78.95825 | 4.34312 | Lagenorhynchus albirostris | probable | 2 |
| 2018-07-17T00:42 | 79.02438 | 4.32785 | Balaenoptera musculus | definite | 1 |
| 2018-07-17T00:48 | 79.02422 | 4.33055 | Balaenoptera musculus | definite | 2 |
| 2018-07-17T03:52 | 79.02318 | 4.26045 | Large whale, unidentified | definite | 1 |
| 2018-07-19T16:07 | 78.99342 | 5.48567 | Dolphins, unidentified | definite | 5 |
| 2018-07-19T17:16 | 78.91067 | 4.13267 | Dolphins, unidentified | definite | 3 |
| 2018-07-28T16:31 | 79.65115 | -17.31112 | Baleen whale, unidentified | definite | 1 |
| 2018-07-28T16:54 | 79.67563 | -17.11410 | Balaena mysticetus | definite | 1 |
| 2018-07-29T00:06 | 79.70483 | -16.79767 | Balaena mysticetus | probable | 2 |
| 2018-07-29T00:54 | 79.78575 | -16.48745 | Balaena mysticetus | probable | 3 |
| 2018-08-01T18:08 | 73.29693 | 7.99465 | Megaptera novaeangliae | definite | 1 |
| 2018-08-02T16:47 | 71.05367 | 17.16735 | Physeter macrocephalus | probable | 1 |