Marine Mammal Sounds from Chukchi Sea, May-June 1980

Two analogue magnetic tapes contain marine mammal sounds, primarily whales, recorded during May 1980. The data was collected as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Project (OCSEAP). Cruise details, dates, stations, and times are voice-identified on the tapes.

Use Cases

• Analyze whale vocalization patterns based on recorded marine mammal sounds
• Study the acoustic environment of the Chukchi Sea based on the recorded sounds
• Correlate marine mammal presence with cruise dates and stations based on voice-identified metadata

Strengths

• Contains original analogue recordings of marine mammal sounds from a specific project (OCSEAP)
• Cruise, dates, stations, and times are voice-identified on the tapes

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Last updated 1980-06-26 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Recorded as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Project (OCSEAP)

Time Range

1980-05-04 to 1980-06-26

Geography

Chukchi Sea