SOP 3: Raw Observations (KM_C Creation), version 1.0, SEAN/GLBA Kittlitz's murrelet monitoring program
Hoekman S, Johnson W, Moynahan B, Sergeant C. 2007. SOP 3: Raw Observations (KM_C Creation), version 1.0, SEAN/GLBA Kittlitz's murrelet monitoring program. NPS SEAN. Juneau, Alaska
During annual field work, observations are recorded directly to laptop computer or iPad using specialized software which is installed at the start of each season. The resulting data set, with no editing performed beyond correcting recognized data entry errors in the field, is called the raw observations. It is ultimately maintained on servers in the form of an ESRI “file geodatabase.” At the end of the field effort, the resulting geodatabase is downloaded from the field computer onto NPS network storage. The group of files containing the season’s data as a geodatabase is zipped into a single file. This is submitted through the validation / quality control iterations until accepted for dissemination. It is stored in the NPS Data Store repository and made publicly available.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Hoekman, Steven; Johnson, William; Moynahan, Brendan; Sergeant, Christopher
- Date of Issue
- 2007
- Publisher
- NPS SEAN
- Units
- GLBA , SEAN
- Keywords
- Glacier Bay, Kittlitz's murrelet, marbled murrelet, murrelet, sop, standard operating procedure
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds