{"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 is comprised of the unedited digital thermal samples we gathered during those site visits and consist of 1280x720 pixel arrayed infrared measures from a FLIR SC8340HD science-grade thermal (SGT) camera with a 200mm lens.  The data are stored in SAF file format (with .SFMOV extention) and were analyzed using FLIR ExaminIR software (v1.40.0).  (For camera specifications, see http://www.flir.com/science/display/?id=45674)  The camera was placed 12 m south of base of solar towers, and the field of view was trained on a region of airspace greater than approximately 100 m from the camera that included an area of solar flux just west of the receiver section of the solar towers.  For this project, infrared data were captured at >=10 frames per second, usually during mid- to late morning, for periods ranging from 15 minutes to 6 hours.\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): 640371\nNorthing (Y location, UTM meters): 3933464\nUTM Zone: 11 North\nAltitude above sea level (meters): 877\nTower 2\nRecording start date: 9/3/2014\nRecording end date: 9/7/2014\nEasting (X location, UTM meters): 638651\nNorthing (Y location, UTM meters): 3935824\nUTM Zone: 11 North\nAltitude above sea level (meters): 925\nTower 3\nRecording start date: 5/11/2014\nRecording end date: 5/22/2014\nEasting (X location, UTM meters): 637472\nNorthing (Y location, UTM meters): 3937887\nUTM Zone: 11 North\nAltitude above sea level (meters): 972\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.565c9c82e4b071e7ea542eda.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_565c9c82e4b071e7ea542eda", "keyword": ["Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System", "Ivanpah Valley", "Mojave Desert", "Monitoring and Evaluation", "Solar Energy", "Solar power towers", "USGS:565c9c82e4b071e7ea542eda", "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": "-115.482850, 35.534876, -115.451634, 35.575149", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Infrared thermography data from the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) Facility Recorded by the USGS during Spring and Fall 2014"}