December 2018 GPS and depth recorder tracking data captures foraging trips of chick-guarding Adélie penguins at Inexpressible Island. The dataset includes coordinates of foraging dives and metadata on tested penguins. It was collected by AMD_KOPRI.
Use Cases
- Analyze foraging trip duration and distance using GPS coordinate time-series data.
- Correlate diving depth profiles from time-depth recorder data with GPS location coordinates.
- Model penguin foraging efficiency by linking metadata parameters like individual ID to dive coordinate patterns.
Strengths
- Data collected from GPS and time-depth recorder devices provides precise location and depth measurements.
- Dataset includes separate sheets for detailed dive coordinates and penguin metadata parameters.
Limitations
- Dataset covers only one month (December 2018) and one breeding season.
- Sample size is unknown, potentially limiting statistical analysis.
- Geographic scope is restricted to Inexpressible Island.
Provenance
- Source
- AMD_KOPRI via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Data gathered by attaching GPS logger and time depth recorder devices to penguins.
- Time Range
- December 2018.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Inexpressible Island.