{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Robert H Diehl", "hasEmail": "mailto:rhdiehl@usgs.gov"}, "description": "In this observational pilot study, we worked at the largest existing solar tower facility in the world (Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System - ISEGS) to assess the efficacy of using radar, surveillance video, and insect trapping to monitor animals flying near the towers.  During week-long site visits in May and September, we monitored the airspace surrounding towers and observed insects, occasional birds, and bats under a variety of environmental and operational conditions.  This dataset consists of raster portable network graphics (png) images of the planned position indicator (ppi) display from a Furuno FR2127 portable radar unit to a maximum range of 1.5 km.  A new image is written with each rotation of the radar's antenna every ~2.5 seconds yielding over 500,000 images in this study.  The vast majority of radar scatterers detected by the radar represent flying animals, both vertebrates and invertebrates.\nLocational Information Associated with the Towers from which Recordings were Captured:\nTower 1\nRecording start date: 9/7/2014\nRecording end date: 9/11/2014\nEasting (X location, UTM meters): 639348\nNorthing (Y location, UTM meters): 3933455\nUTM Zone: 11 North\nAltitude above sea level (meters): 915\nElevation angle (meters): 6.5\nTower 2\nRecording start date: 9/3/2014\nRecording end date: 9/7/2014\nEasting (X location, UTM meters): 637708\nNorthing (Y location, UTM meters): 3936197\nUTM Zone: 11 North\nAltitude above sea level (meters): 968\nElevation angle (meters): 4.2\nTower 3\nRecording start date: 5/11/2014\nRecording end date: 5/22/2014\nEasting (X location, UTM meters): 637362\nNorthing (Y location, UTM meters): 3938890\nUTM Zone: 11 North\nAltitude above sea level (meters): 985\nElevation angle (meters): 9.0\nCoordinate information based on UTM Projection, Zone 11 (Datum: NAD 1983_CORS96, Ellipsoid: GRS_1980)", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7GM85DN", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.565c9c6de4b071e7ea542ed8.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_565c9c6de4b071e7ea542ed8", "keyword": ["Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System", "Ivanpah Valley", "Mojave Desert", "Monitoring and Evaluation", "Solar Energy", "Solar power towers", "USGS:565c9c6de4b071e7ea542ed8", "Wildlife and Fisheries", "animal movement", "bats", "birds", "infrared", "insects", "migration", "power generation sites", "solar flux", "solar power", "video monitoring", "videography", "videos", "wildlife"], "modified": "2020-08-20T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-115.484815646, 35.534939936, -115.461980077, 35.584205178", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Radar Image Data from the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) Facility Recorded by the USGS during Spring and Fall 2014"}