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Marine mammals exploring the oceans pole to pole
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Summary
Abstract: Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole (MEOP) will deploy state-of-the-art animal-borne CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) tags on strategically chosen, deep-diving marine mammal species to explore their current movement patterns, behaviour and habitat utilization in Polar Regions. Deployments will take place on the deepest diving seals in the Arctic and Antarctic – hooded seals in the ... View entire text
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -42.0   S: -74.0   E: 52.0   W: -37.0
  N: 88.5   S: 58.0   E: 22.0   W: -43.0
Max Altitude: 0 M
Min Depth: 0 M Max Depth: 1125M
  N: 88.5   S: 58.0   E: 22.0   W: -43.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Kovacs,Fedak,Lydersen,Nøst,Biuw
Dataset Title: Marine mammals exploring the oceans pole to pole
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2007-07-20
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: Bands 1-5,7: 5008052009101810; 28.5 m
Longitude Resolution: Bands 1-5,7: 5008052009101810; 28.5 m
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 meter - < 30 meters
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
LANDSAT Ancillary Description
LANDSAT-7 Ancillary Description
Instrument
ETM+ > Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Ancillary Description
Project
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints Acknowledgement of The Deforestation Mapping Group would be
appreciated in products derived from these data.
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
USGS
Data Center
Global Land Cover Facility, University of Maryland Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/
Dataset ID: glcf-dmg-008052

Data Center Personnel
Name: GLOBAL LAND COVER FACILITY
Email: glcf at umd.edu
Contact Address:
Global Land Cover Facility
3166 A.V. Williams Bldg
University of Maryland
City: College Park
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20742
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: online
Distribution Size: 358.370024681091
Distribution Format: Raw
Fees: Free if downloaded from the FTP site, $25 if ordered on CD

Distribution Media: CD-ROM
Distribution Size: 358.370024681091
Distribution Format: Raw
Fees: Free if downloaded from the FTP site, $25 if ordered on CD
Personnel
GLOBAL LAND COVER FACILITY - DEFORESTATION MAPPING GROUP
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301.405.8165
Email: forests at esip.umiacs.umd.edu
Contact Address:
Global Land Cover Facility
City: College Park
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20742
Country: USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2001-07-11
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-09-14

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