gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:57143 eng UTF8 dataset Spreadsheet Alaska Fisheries Science Center 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA https://www.afsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 0700-1700 Pacific Time resourceProvider 2026-03-04T19:17:17 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015 Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015 2015 creation publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 57143 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/57143 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information tableDigital The Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs) study was designed to evaluate the ability of UAS technology (i.e., airframe, payloads, sensors, and software) to detect cetaceans, identify individuals to species, estimate group size, identify calves, and estimate density in arctic waters, relative to conventional aerial surveys conducted by human observers in fixed wing aircraft and to photographic strip transect data collected from the manned aircraft. The ACEs’ imagery described here was collected and analyzed in order to conduct a 3-way comparison of data and derived statistics from the following: • Observers in the manned aircraft; • Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the manned aircraft; • Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). To understand what research questions involving cetacean distribution and density can be addressed using manned and UAS technology in the Arctic, we conducted a three-way comparison among visual observations made by marine mammal observers aboard a Turbo Commander aircraft; imagery autonomously collected by a Nikon D810 camera system mounted to a belly port on the Turbo Commander; and imagery collected by a similar camera system on a remotely controlled ScanEagle® UAS operated by the US Navy. This study was funded in part by awards from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Office of Naval Research, U.S. Navy, and the NOAA UAS Program Office, OAR to NOAA Fisheries. completed notPlanned Aerial line-transect survey Bowhead whale theme Summer temporal Northeastern Chukchi Sea Western Beaufort Sea place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC > Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs), Beaufort Sea, 2015 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/57143. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data is suggested. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 57143 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/57143.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US biota oceans -159.3 -153.1 71 72 Beaufort Sea | Currentness: Ground Condition 2015-08-26 2015-09-07 false eng false Data File ACES Imagery 2019-10-03 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0204167 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Cetacean digital photography and aerial observer data collected by an unmanned aerial vehicle and ma This dataset includes two comma seperated files containing data and metadata from three cetacean observation methods from two platforms, the manned Turbo Commander aircraft and the unmanned ScanEagle. The ACEs' imagery described here was collected and analyzed in order to conduct a 3-way comparison of data and derived statistics from the following:Observers in the manned aircraft; Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the manned aircraft,Digital photographs from cameras mounted to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments (ACEs) study was designed to evaluate the ability of UAS technology (i.e., airframe, payloads, sensors, and software) to detect cetaceans, identify individuals to species, estimate group size, identify calves, and estimate density in arctic waters, relative to conventional aerial surveys conducted by human observers in fixed wing aircraft and to photographic strip transect data collected from the manned aircraft. download dataset Accuracy Two observers analyzed a portion of the same imagery independently. Completeness Report Not applicable. Conceptual Consistency Not applicable. The UAS flight team conducted flights of the ScanEagle® and the ASAMM manned aerial survey team conducted flights in a Turbo Commander 690A aircraft on 5 days during the study. Digital images were collected using Nikon D810 DSLRs, a Nikkor 20mm lens, and a Zeiss 21mm lens. An image was taken every 3 seconds during each flight in order to ensure at least a 33% overlap between images at a survey altitude of 1050ft and a speed of 60 kts. Every 3rd image that fell within the study area was reviewed by a trained observer for the presence or absence of marine mammals, and every sighting was confirmed by a second trained observer. Metadata for the concurrent ASAMM survey can be found here: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17338. Source Contribution: Describes the project in detail and provides recommendations for future projects to help streamline project planning and enhance researchers’ ability to use UAS to collect data needed for ecological research. Comparing manned to unmanned aerial surveys for cetacean monitoring in the Arctic: methods and operational results 2018-05-07 publication Robyn Angliss https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/juvs-2018-0001#.XUtMKOhKg-U WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems Source Citation URL information originator 2015 Source Contribution: Provides recommendations for the types of cetacean study objectives that can likely be met by UAS currently and in the near future. Performance of manned and unmanned aerial surveys to collect visual data and imagery for estimating arctic cetacean density and associated uncertainty 2018-05-07 publication Megan Ferguson https://doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2018-0002 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems Source Citation URL information originator 2015