Metadata details
SCAR_EGBAMM_RAATD_2018_Filtered
All scientific data collected by the Australian Antarctic program (AAp) are eventually described in the Catalogue of Australian Antarctic and Subantarctic Metadata (CAASM). CAASM can be used to search through AAp data descriptions, and it also provides links to access publicly available datasets, which can either be immediately downloaded or obtained from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC).
- Citation
- Ropert-Coudert, Y., Van de Putte, A.P., Reisinger, R.R. et al. (2020) The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project, Ver. 1, Sci Data - doi:10.4225/15/5afcadad6c130, Accessed: 2026-05-29
- Title
- Filtered Data from the Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking Data Project from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/5afcadad6c130
- Created Date
- 2018-05-14
- Revision Date
- 2020-03-18
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking Data (RAATD) is a Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) project led jointly by the Expert Groups on Birds and Marine Mammals and Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics, and endorsed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. The RAATD project team consolidated tracking data for multiple species of Antarctic meso- and top-predators to identify Areas of Ecological Significance. These datasets constitute the compiled tracking data from a large number of research groups that have worked in the Antarctic since the 1990s.
This metadata record pertains to the "filtered" version of the data files. These files contain position estimates that have been processed using a state-space model in order to estimate locations at regular time intervals. For technical details of the filtering process, consult the data paper. The filtering code can be found in the https://github.com/SCAR/RAATD repository.
This data set comprises one metadata csv file that describes all deployments, along with data files (3 files for each of 17 species). For each species there is:
- an RDS file that contains the fitted filter model object and model predictions (this file is RDS format that can be read by the R statistical software package)
- a PDF file that shows the quality control results for each individual model
- a CSV file containing the interpolated position estimates
For details of the file contents and formats, consult the data paper.
The data are also available in a standardized version (see https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/SCAR_EGBAMM_RAATD_2018_Standardised) that contain position estimates as provided by the original data collectors (generally, raw Argos or GPS locations, or estimated GLS locations) without state-space filtering.
Purpose
These datasets and accompanying syntheses provide a greater understanding of fundamental ecosystem processes in the Southern Ocean, support modelling of predator distributions under future climate scenarios and create inputs that can be incorporated into decision making processes by management authorities.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1991-01-01 - Stop date: 2016-12-31
Spatial Coverages
Data Resolution
- 0 Metre(s)
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL SCIENCE > ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES
Additional Keywords
- TRACKING
- HABITAT USE
- HOT SPOTS
- BIOTELEMETRY
- AREAS OF ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
- ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
- SEALS
- GLOBAL LOCATION SENSOR
- PLATFORM TERMINAL TRANSMITTERS
Locations
- OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
- OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
- OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > MAWSON RESEARCH STATION
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > SCULLIN MONOLITH
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > SVARTHAMAREN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > TERRE ADELIE
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > VESTFOLD HILLS
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > BECHERVAISE ISLAND
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > CAMPBELL ISLAND
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > COULMAN ISLAND
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > DRESCHER INLET
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > FILCHNER TROUGH
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HUKURO COVE
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ISLAS MALVINAS
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MCMURDO SOUND
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > PETREL ISLAND
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > SIGNY ISLAND
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > UFS ISLAND
Platforms
- SATELLITES
- Global Positioning System Satellites
Instruments
- ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System
Researchers
- ropert-coudert, yan (INVESTIGATOR)
- van de putte, anton (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- reisinger, ryan (INVESTIGATOR)
- danis, bruno (INVESTIGATOR)
- bornemann, horst (INVESTIGATOR)
- costa, daniel (INVESTIGATOR)
- charrassin, jean-benoit (INVESTIGATOR)
- huckstadt, luis (INVESTIGATOR)
- jonsen, ian (INVESTIGATOR)
- lea, mary-anne (INVESTIGATOR)
- thompson, david (INVESTIGATOR)
- torres, leigh (INVESTIGATOR)
- trathan, phil (INVESTIGATOR)
- wotherspoon, simon (INVESTIGATOR)
- raymond, ben (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- hindell, mark (INVESTIGATOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=SCAR_EGBAMM_RAATD_2018_Filtered when using these data.
