Photogrammetric video tracks of Antarctic blue whale movements recorded during the 2015 NZ Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage

During the 2015 New Zealand-Australia Antarctic Ecosystem Voyage a digital photogrammetric video tracking system was used to collect precise surfacing locations during encounters with some Antarctic blue whales. The photogrammetric video tracking system is a modern digital video version based on the same operating principle as the that described by Leaper and Gordon 2001, and enables determination of the range and bearing to tracked objects relative to the ship.


Around 15 hours of video tracking were recorded of which 8 hours were classified as good quality of a single animal or in one case a pair of animals that stayed close together. Focal follows were aborted when it was no longer possible to follow the focal animal due to ice or when the presence of other animals meant it was no longer possible to be sure which was the focal animal. This resulted in 7 tracks of longer than 45 minutes with the longest around 2 hours.


Leaper, R. and Gordon, J. 2001. Application of photogrammetric methods for locating and tracking cetacean movements at sea. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 3: 131-141.

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Alternate title
Photogrammetric video tracks of Antarctic blue whale movements recorded during the 2015 NZ Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage
Date (Publication)
2017-09-28
Edition
1
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.4225/15/59d2d94589980

Originator

Calderan, S., Leaper, R.C., Miller, B.S. and Double, M.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

CALDERAN, SUSANNAH

Principal investigator

LEAPER, RUSSELL C.
School of Biological Sciences,University of Aberdeen,Tillydrone Avenue
Aberdeen
AB24 2TZ
United Kingdom

Principal investigator

MILLER, BRIAN SETH
Australian Antarctic Division,203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Australia

Principal investigator

DOUBLE, MIKE
Australian Antarctic Division,203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Ausrtralia

Collaborator

CALDERAN, SUSANNAH

Collaborator

LEAPER, RUSSELL C.
School of Biological Sciences,University of Aberdeen,Tillydrone Avenue
Aberdeen
AB24 2TZ
United Kingdom

Collaborator

MILLER, BRIAN SETH
Australian Antarctic Division,203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Australia

Collaborator

DOUBLE, MIKE
Australian Antarctic Division,203 Channel Highway
Kingston
7050
Ausrtralia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4102_Video_Tracking2015

Purpose
Photogrammetric video tracking was conducted in order to obtain data on baseline surface behaviour and fine-scale movements of Antarctic blue whales, and to enable investigation of relationships among vocal activity, behaviour, and movement.
Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Spatial resolution

Vertical sampling distance
1

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
10

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
10
Temporal resolution
PT1S
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans

Extent

N
S
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W


Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2015-01-29 2015-03-11

Extent

Description
Vertical Extent - Altitude

Vertical element

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:cs:EPSG:6499
Name
Vertical CS. Axis: height (H). Orientation: up. UoM: m.
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:axis:EPSG:114
Name
height

Extent

Description
Vertical Extent - Depth

Vertical element

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:cs:EPSG:6498
Name
Vertical CS. Axis: depth (D). Orientation: down. UoM: m.
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:axis:EPSG:113
Name
depth
Title
Cruise report on blue whale research from the NZ / Aus Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage 2015 of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership.
Date (Publication)
2015
Citation identifier
SC/66a/SH7

Author

Double, M.C. et al.
Page
1-22
Other citation details
Paper submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission.
Title
Voyage Report TAN1502 New Zealand-Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage
Date (Publication)
2015

Author

O'Driscoll, R. and Double, M.

Publisher

Unknown
Wellington
Title
Investigation of blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia) diving behaviour in a patchy krill (Euphausia superba) landscape
Date (Publication)
2017
Citation identifier
Undergraduate Thesis

Author

Clara Douglas

Publisher

University of St Andrews
St Andrews, UK
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > DIURNAL MOVEMENTS
Keywords
  • ANTARCTIC BLUE WHALE
  • SORP
  • PHOTOGRAMMETRY
  • VIDEOGRAMMETRY
  • FOCAL FOLLOW
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • VIDEO CAMERA
  • GPS RECEIVERS
  • COMPASSES
  • CAMERAS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • R/V TANGAROA
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • AMD
  • CEOS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > Balleny Islands
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

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This metadata record is publicly available.

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Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
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Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
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Use constraints
licence
Other constraints
This dataset has been collected under the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) Southern Ocean Research Partnership (SORP). The IWC-SORP ethos is one of open collaboration, communication and data sharing. The Data User will acknowledge the use of the IWC SORP dataset by the following statement: Data provided by the International Whaling Commission's Southern Ocean Research Partnership were all based upon non-lethal samples collected under a protocol approved by the Australian Antarctic Program Animal Ethics Committee (AAPAEC). These data were provided by the Partnership for the purpose of collaborative investigation. 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=AAS_4102_Video_Tracking2015 when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2017-09-28T00:00:00
Units of distribution
GB
Transfer size
118
Distribution format
  • Video files

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Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2017-09-28 - record created by Brian Miller.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/AAS_4102_Video_Tracking2015

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC
Title
Parent Metadata Record
Citation identifier
AAS_4102_2015_New_Zealand_Australia_Antarctic_Ecosystems_Voyage

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
684a8072-dbef-48b7-a8c5-42c91026bca6

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2021-11-17T12:22:29

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Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4102_Video_Tracking2015

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2017-09-28T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-09-28

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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