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    • NOAA NEFSC North Atlantic Right Whale Annotations

    Metadata Updated: October 1, 2023

    These datasets are a compilation of 8 days of acoustic data, collected in the Western North Atlantic Ocean that was manually annotated for the presence of North Atlantic right whale upcalls. This analysis is an expansion of the 2013 DCLDE (Detection, Classification, Localization, and Density Estimation) conference datasets, to add additional days from different deployments (locations, years, recording instruments, and conditions), to provide a larger data set with varying conditions. Each day of data was manually browsed in Raven 1.5, and all North Atlantic right whale upcalls were logged (for multichannel data, only one channel was analyzed and logged: the channel logged is indicated in the corresponding csv file). In the "Detection_Confidence" field, a definite upcall is marked as "Detected"; Possible or unknown detections ( i.e. a call could not be definitely attributed to a North Atlantic right whale), is marked as "Possibly_Detected". Acoustic data and analysis provided by NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Passive Acoustic Research group; upcall logs annotated by Nicole Pegg.

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    Metadata Date August 24, 2023
    Metadata Created Date March 10, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date October 1, 2023
    Reference Date(s) March 3, 2023 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NGDC MGG Passive Acoustic

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    Credit: NOAA / NEFSC

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    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date August 24, 2023
    Metadata Created Date March 10, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date October 1, 2023
    Reference Date(s) March 3, 2023 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncei.pad:NEFSC_Baleen
    Access Constraints Cite as: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center. 2023. The North Atlantic Right Whale Annotations from Passive Acoustic Data Collected in the Western North Atlantic Ocean. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/2c09-ng58 [access date]., Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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    Harvest Source Title NGDC MGG Passive Acoustic
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    Temporal Extent Begin 2008-01-27T00:00:00
    Temporal Extent End 2018-06-30T00:00:00

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