Marine Mammal Sighting 2 (F026)
FILE TYPE 026 - MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTING 2 - 1/19/77 VERSION THIS FORMAT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT STUDIES OF BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO IMPACT FROM OIL DEVELOPMENT. INFORMATION ON DENSITY, GROUP DISTRIBUTIONS, MIGRATORY ROUTES AND BREEDING LOCALES OBTAINED FROM SHIP OR AIRCRAFT SURVEYS CAN BE DERIVED FROM THIS FORMAT. THE STRUCTURE OF THE FORMAT DIFFERS FROM FILE TYPE 027 - MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTING-1 IN THAT ANY NUMBER OF GROUPS OF MAMMALS SIGHTED ARE RECORDED WITHIN A STATION WITH NO SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR EACH GROUP SIGHTED. FOR FILE TYPE 027, INDIVIDUAL SIGHTING LOCATIONS ARE RECORDED AS WELL AS BEGINNING AND END LOCATIONS OF EACH STATION OR PORTION OF A TRANSECT. THE FORMAT CONSISTS OF SIX RECORDS FOR REPORTING TRANSECT AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION FOR EACH FLIGHT OR STATION NUMBER, MULTIPLE ICE ENTRIES TO REPORT CHANGES IN ICE CHARACTERISTICS WITHIN A SEGMENT OF A FLIGHT OR STATION. MAMMAL SIGHTING INFORMATION FOR EACH TAXONOMIC SPECIES SIGHTED INCLUDES TOTAL NUMBER, NUMBER OF PUPS, NUMBER OF GROUPS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF GROUPS WITHIN A STATION. A RECORD FOR TEXT ALSO IS AVAILABLE. ALL RECORDS IN THIS FORMAT ARE 80 COLUMNS IN LENGTH. THIS FILE IS SORTED BY STATION NUMBER OR FLIGHT NUMBER AND SEQUENCE NUMBER TO OBTAIN THE PROPER SEQUENCE OF RECORDS. THE FIRST NINE COLUMNS FOR ALL RECORDS ARE TO BE USED FOR FILE TYPE (COLUMNS 1-3) AND FILE IDENTIFIER (COLUMNS 4-9). THE FILE IDENTIFIER, TO BE ASSIGNED BY THE ORIGNATOR, IS A UNIQUE ORIGINATOR ID FOR EACH DATA SUBMISSION. AFTER SUBMISSION, THE NODC REASSIGNS TO THIS FIELD A UNIQUE NODC IDENTIFIER FOR INTERNAL USE. *****NOTE: FILETYPE 127 HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO REPLACE FTP 026 FOR MOST INVESTIGATIONS AND SHOULD BE USED IF POSSIBLE WHEN REPORTING MAMMAL SIGHTING AND CENSUS DATA. HEADER RECORD ALWAYS '1' 10 FLIGHT/STATION NUMBER TEN-CHARACTER FIELD ASSIGNED BY THE ORIGINATOR - ALSO INCLUDED IN RECORD TYPES 2-6 11 SEQUENCE NUMBER XXXX - USED FOR SORTING ALL RECORDS 21 STARTING DATE (GMT) YYMMDD 25 STARTING TIME (GMT) XXXX (HOURS AND MINUTES) 31 STARTING LATITUDE DDMMSS PLUS HEMISPHERE 'N' OR 'S' 35 STARTING LONGITUDE DDDMMSS PLUS HEMISPHERE 'E' OR 'W' 42 ENDING TIME (GMT) XXXX (HOURS AND MINUTES) 50 ENDING LATITUDE DDMMSS PLUS HEMISPHERE 'N' OR 'S' 54 ENDING LONGITUDE DDDMMSS PLUS HEMISPHERE 'E' OR 'W' 61 ELAPSED TIME XXXX (HOURS AND MINUTES) 69 DISTANCE ALONG TRACK XXXXX (NAUTICAL MILES TO TENTHS) 73 NUMBER OF OBSERVERS X 78 TYPE OF LEG ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0138 79 BLANK 80 ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD ALWAYS '2' 10 FLIGHT/STATION NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 11 SEQUENCE NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 21 PLATFORM TYPE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0100 25 PLATFORM ID THREE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0063 FOR SHIPS AND CODE 0217 FOR AIRCRAFT 26 PLATFORM DIRECTION XXX - PLANNED COURSE OF PLATFORM - (DEGREES) 29 ALTITUDE XXXX (WHOLE METERS) 32 TRUE GROUND SPEED XXX (WHOLE KNOTS) 36 PRIMARY TRACK WIDTH XXXXX (NAUTICAL MILES TO HUNDREDTHS) 39 SECONDARY TRACK WIDTH XXXX (NAUTICAL MILES TO HUNDREDTHS) 44 TOTAL TRACK WIDTH XXXXXX (NAUTICAL MILES TO HUNDREDTHS) 49 TOTAL AREA SURVEYED (1 DEGREE TRACK) XXXX (SQ NAUTICAL MILES) 55 TOTAL AREA SURVEYED (2 DEGREE TRACK) XXXX (SQ NAUTICAL MILES) 59 BLANK 63 VISIBILITY ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0157 64 CLOUD AMOUNT ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0105 65 AIR TEMPERATURE XXX NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES ARE PRECEDED BY A MINUS SIGN ADJACENT TO TEMPERATURE VALUE 66 WIND DIRECTION XXX - WIND DIRECTION FROM (DEGREES) 69 WIND SPEED XX (WHOLE KNOTS) 72 BLANK 74 SEA STATE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0109 75 WEATHER TWO-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0159 76 COLLECTION METHOD ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0001 78 BLANKS 79 ICE RECORD ALWAYS '3' 10 FLIGHT/STATION NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 11 SEQUENCE NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 21 TIME OF OBSERVATION (REPLICATE 1) XXXX (HOURS AND MINUTES) 25 ICE TYPE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0064 29 OCTAS OF THIN ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 30 CHARACTERISTICS OF THIN ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 31 OCTAS OF MODERATE ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 32 CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERATE ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 33 OCTAS OF HEAVY ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 34 CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAVY ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 35 DEFORMATION ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0067 36 TRANSECT WIDTH ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0068 37 TIME OF OBSERVATION (REPLICATE 2) XXXX (HOURS AND MINUTES) 38 ICE TYPE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0064 42 OCTAS OF THIN ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 43 CHARACTERISTICS OF THIN ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 44 OCTAS OF MODERATE ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 45 CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERATE ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 46 OCTAS OF HEAVY ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 47 CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAVY ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 48 DEFORMATION ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0067 49 TRANSECT WIDTH ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0068 50 TIME OF OBSERVATION (REPLICATE 3) XXXX (HOURS AND MINUTES) 51 ICE TYPE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0064 55 OCTAS OF THIN ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 56 CHARACTERISTICS OF THIN ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 57 OCTAS OF MODERATE ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 58 CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERATE ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 59 OCTAS OF HEAVY ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 60 CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAVY ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 61 DEFORMATION ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0067 62 TRANSECT WIDTH ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0068 63 TIME OF OBSERVATION (REPLICATE 4) XXXX (HOURS AND MINUTES) 64 ICE TYPE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0064 68 OCTAS OF THIN ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 69 CHARACTERISTICS OF THIN ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 70 OCTAS OF MODERATE ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 71 CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERATE ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 72 OCTAS OF HEAVY ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0065 73 CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAVY ICE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0066 74 DEFORMATION ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0067 75 TRANSECT WIDTH ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0068 76 BLANKS 77 SIGHTING RECORD ALWAYS '4' 10 FLIGHT/STATION NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 11 SEQUENCE NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 21 TAXONOMIC CODE TWELVE-CHARACTER CODE - USE NODC TAXONOMIC CODES 25 TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS (1 DEGREE TRACK) XXXXX (TOTAL FOR EACH SPECIES) 37 CONFIDENCE CODE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0003 42 TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS (2 DEGREE TRACK) XXXXX (TOTAL FOR EACH SPECIES) 43 CONFIDENCE CODE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0003 48 TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS (1 AND 2 DEGREE TRACK) XXXXX (TOTAL FOR EACH SPECIES) 49 CONFIDENCE CODE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0003 54 NUMBER OF PUPS (1 DEGREE TRACK) XXX 55 NUMBER OF PUPS (2 DEGREE TRACK) XXX 58 NUMBER OF GROUPS (1 DEGREE TRACK) XXX 61 NUMBER OF GROUPS (2 DEGREE TRACK) XXX 64 MAMMAL ACTIVITY (PLATFORM OR TRANSECT ACTIVITY TWO-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0005 67 MODE FOUR-CHARACTER FIELD FOR TRANSPORT MODE - ASSIGNED BY THE ORIGINATOR 69 TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SIGHTED XXXXX (TOTAL FOR EACH SPECIES) 73 BLANKS 78 GROUP RECORD ALWAYS '5' 10 FLIGHT/STATION NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 11 SEQUENCE NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 21 TAXONOMIC CODE TWELVE-CHARACTER CODE - USE NODC TAXONOMIC CODES 25 TIME XXXX (HOURS AND MINUTES) 37 TRACK NUMBER CODE ONE DIGIT CODE - USE CODE 0137 41 GROUP 1 XX - GROUPS 1-11 IDENTIFIES NUMBER OF MAMMALS PER GROUP FOR GROUPS UP TO 99 IN NUMBER 42 GROUP 2 XX 44 GROUP 3 XX 46 GROUP 4 XX 48 GROUP 5 XX 50 GROUP 6 XX 52 GROUP 7 XX 54 GROUP 8 XX 56 GROUP 9 XX 58 GROUP 10 XX 60 GROUP 11 XX 62 GROUP 12 XXX - GROUPS 12-14 IDENTIFIES THE NUMBER OF MAMMALS PER GROUP FOR GROUPS BETWEEN 100 AND 999 IN NUMBER 64 GROUP 13 XXX 67 GROUP 14 XXX 70 GROUP 15 XXXX - GROUPS 15-16 IDENTIFIES THE NUMBER OF MAMMALS PER GROUP FOR GROUPS BETWEEN 1000 AND 9999 IN NUMBER 73 GROUP 16 XXXX 77 TEXT RECORD ALWAYS '6' 10 FLIGHT/STATION NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 11 SEQUENCE NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 21 TEXT 56-CHARACTER FIELD FOR COMMENTS OR PERTINENT INFORMATION 25