Switching state space model for pygmy blue whale satellite tag derived locations

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

An R data file containing a hierarchical switching state-space model of pygmy blue whale Argos-collected telemetry data using the bsam package (see Jonsen (2016). Joint estimation over multiple individuals improves behavioural state inference from animal movement data. Scientific Reports 6: 20625.) in R. The model estimated location states for each individual at regular 3-h time intervals, accounting for measurement error in the irregularly observed Argos surface locations; and estimated the behavioural state associated with each location. Satellite tags were deployed on pygmy blue whales located in the Bonney Upwelling region, SA, between 7 January and 16 March 2015. File can be opened in R (A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. URL https://www.R-project.org/ ) using the code: readRDS('bw_3h_ssm.RDS')

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Title Switching state space model for pygmy blue whale satellite tag derived locations
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7425eb66-c900-4621-a3cf-52afe27fae56
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 07/01/2015 - 16/03/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        110.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -5.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -5.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -45.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Switching state space model for pygmy blue whale satellite tag derived locations". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/switching-state-space-model-for-pygmy-blue-whale-satellite-tag-derived-locations