NL Caribou

Description: Newfoundland Caribou data

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Begin 1979-07-11
End 2013-10-27

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Attributes

Name Description Unit
ANIMAL_ID individual ID
SPECIES species ID, in this case CARIBOU
HERD herd ID
SEX sex either UNKNOWN, M, F, N, NA
FIX_ID Newfoundland Caribou data
FIX_DATE fix date in UTC
FIX_TIME fix date in UTC
X_COORD long, x coordinate, unprojected
Y_COORD lat, y coordinate, unprojected
EPSG_CODE epsg code of X_COORD and Y_COORD
Map_Quality Newfoundland Caribou data
Fix_Time_Delta Newfoundland Caribou data
COLLAR_FILE_ID Newfoundland Caribou data
COLLAR_ID collar ID, may be redeployed on different individuals
COLLAR_TYPE_CL GPS, ARGOS, or VHFz
EXCLUDE For marking bad fixes that are not discernable by NAV/DOP/etc. All "No" by default. Fixes found to be bad, way off shore, etc are marked "Yes" by hand.
VENDOR_CL Newfoundland Caribou data
AGE Age of individual. Caution: 255
DOP Dilution of Precision. From SDSS Collar Fix Quality database
NAV (GPS fixes) CATEGORY is either “3D” indicating a 3D fix (ie one with 4 or more satellites), “2D” for 2D fixes (from 3 satellites), or “No” for fixes with too few satellites available to get a position.
VALIDATED Indication that an ARGO PTT fix was validated
LOCQUAL ARGOS PTT location quality indicators. See https://www.argos-system.org/support-and-help/faq-localisation-argos/

Distribution

File Format  
AllCaribouDataRaw csv Download