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Filtered Argos location data for pygmy blue whales 2009 and 2011

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This csv details the raw Argos locations generated from satellite tags attached to pygmy blue whales in order to describe their migratory movements through Australian waters as described in: Double MC, Andrews-Goff V, Jenner KCS, Jenner M-N, Laverick SM, et al. (2014) Migratory Movements of Pygmy Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) between Australia and Indonesia as Revealed by Satellite Telemetry. PLoS ONE 9(4): e93578. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093578 This csv includes the following data fields - ptt: the unique Argos identifier assigned to each satellite tag gmt: the date and time in gmt with the format 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss' class: the Argos assigned location class (see paper for details) latitude longitude deploydate: deployment date and time in gmt for each tag with the format 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss' filt: the outcome of the sdafilter (see paper for details) - either "removed" (location removed by the filter), "not" (location not removed) or "end_location" (location at the end of the track where the algorithm could not be applied)

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Title Filtered Argos location data for pygmy blue whales 2009 and 2011
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/89f03bfa-bb43-4d97-8be2-aab6a7c7231d
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 06/04/2009 - 08/02/2012
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        88.898,
        -43.064
      ],
      [
        144.771,
        -43.064
      ],
      [
        144.771,
        -0.425
      ],
      [
        88.898,
        -0.425
      ],
      [
        88.898,
        -43.064
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Filtered Argos location data for pygmy blue whales 2009 and 2011". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/filtered-argos-location-data-for-pygmy-blue-whales-2009-and-2011