The following are development and information notes on this application/database. Please use the Request / Feedback form for comments or suggestions on improvements.
ARGOS Satellite tracking
| |
| Description: | A repository of all ARGOS satellite messages from 1982 to present. Trackers have been used on Automatic Weather Stations, buoys and numerous species of whales, seals and birds. |
| Navigation: | |
| Application Group: | Biodiversity |
| Links to: | |
| Development Status: |
In production |
| Who's responsible: |
Proponet: AADC and SciSup |
| Languages used: | Java servlets, IDL, SVG, Cold Fusion |
| Relevant Programs |
|
| What Data is already loaded | 1982 to present. Data being loaded via scheduled CF/Java load task |
| Approximate cardinality of the main recordset | 2,500,000 |
Adaptation to Environmental ChangeTasks / FAQ's / News / Help messages / Glossary
Glossary
Campaign
References to a field campaign, typically done over one austral summer, where field personnel deploy and retrieve trackers from one geographic area or site. Each profile is assigned to a campaign to allow users to manage data analysis over the same deployments.
Profile
A term referring to a set of rules stored in the database that is used to extract, analyze and/or display the data. A typical profile will contain start/end date, the identifying PTT, data filtering settings and optional map display settings.
News
Interactive map of Heard Island Deployments - 31-Dec-2003
Use this page to interactively view animal tracking data from 5 species from the 2003/04 Heard Island trip. It is written using Flash and you may need Flash6 player to be installed.
Dataset Growth
The following graphs are plots versus time of the growth of the major content for this application.
|
|
|
