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Harp Seals
(Phoca groenlandica)

Satellite Tagging Observation Data

Harp Seal

Mystic Aquarium

Tracking Maps - 40603 or 40604 for a view of their movements.
40603 40604
03.06.03 18:04:40 3 -71.683 41.311
08.06.03 14:34:19 2 -67.797 44.109
09.06.03 15:51:55 2 -66.633 44.385
11.06.03 22:08:22 1 -66.353 44.391
15.06.03 6:03:10 2 -63.271 44.198
24.06.03 22:07:10 0 -55.677 51.938
27.06.03 15:43:07 1 -55.189 54.330
30.06.03 14:34:48 0 -59.674 56.472
01.07.03 11:13:51 2 -60.103 57.607
02.07.03 18:48:19 1 -60.941 58.969
05.07.03 18:06:18 2 -65.513 61.345
06.07.03 7:01:43 2 -66.119 61.551
40603 Date : 07.07.03 05:10:04 LC : 1 IQ : 60 Lat1 : 61.527N Lon1 : 67.739W
40603 Date : 08.07.03 06:40:45 LC : 3 IQ : 60 Lat1 : 61.562N Lon1 : 68.647W
40603 Date : 09.07.03 06:28:50 LC : 3 IQ : 60 Lat1 : 61.599N Lon1 : 68.747W
40603 Date : 10.07.03 00:07:37 LC : 2 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 61.666N Lon1 : 68.624W
40603 Date : 11.07.03 10:35:30 LC : 2 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 62.168N Lon1 : 69.278W
40603 Date : 12.07.03 11:50:55 LC : 3 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 62.085N Lon1 : 68.925W
40603 Date : 13.07.03 11:40:58 LC : 2 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 61.559N Lon1 : 68.287W
40603 Date : 14.07.03 09:38:47 LC : 2 IQ : 60 Lat1 : 61.490N Lon1 : 68.479W
40603 Date : 15.07.03 12:32:23 LC : 3 IQ : 66 Lat1 : 62.070N Lon1 : 68.392W
40603 Date : 16.07.03 00:29:50 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 62.199N Lon1 : 68.751W
40603 Date : 17.07.03 06:39:06 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 61.953N Lon1 : 67.760W
40603 Date : 18.07.03 15:03:08 LC : 0 IQ : 48 Lat1 : 61.926N Lon1 : 67.939W
40603 Date : 19.07.03 14:07:54 LC : 1 IQ : 56 Lat1 : 61.785N Lon1 : 67.152W
40603 Date : 20.07.03 06:04:37 LC : 2 IQ : 50 Lat1 : 61.898N Lon1 : 66.961W
 		12.06.03 20:43:51 2 -71.483 41.307
13.06.03 13:01:52 3 -70.675 41.184
14.06.03 6:12:31 3 -69.725 41.218
15.06.03 10:53:24 1 -68.288 41.937
17.06.03 7:19:21 2 -66.994 43.800
18.06.03 8:48:22 2 -66.007 44.619
22.06.03 2:06:54 2 -68.161 43.031
25.06.03 2:37:07 1 -63.798 43.354
29.06.03 2:15:00 0 -59.497 45.953
03.07.03 3:00:16 1 -55.473 46.443
06.07.03 2:18:09 2 -52.195 46.990
40604 Date : 07.07.03 06:53:43 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 48.246N Lon1 : 51.803W
40604 Date : 08.07.03 03:31:34 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 49.097N Lon1 : 51.798W
40604 Date : 08.07.03 14:57:41 LC : 1 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 49.470N Lon1 : 52.086W
40604 Date : 09.07.03 06:32:37 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 50.059N Lon1 : 52.464W
40604 Date : 10.07.03 01:21:05 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 50.702N Lon1 : 53.140W
40604 Date : 11.07.03 15:31:12 LC : 0 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 51.948N Lon1 : 54.422W
40604 Date : 12.07.03 23:14:50 LC : A IQ : 50 Lat1 : 53.112N Lon1 : 54.864W
40604 Date : 13.07.03 14:37:40 LC : 2 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 53.721N Lon1 : 55.072W
40604 Date : 14.07.03 17:41:32 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 54.849N Lon1 : 55.296W
40604 Date : 15.07.03 00:10:15 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.037N Lon1 : 55.153W
40604 Date : 16.07.03 05:10:43 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 56.096N Lon1 : 56.176W
40604 Date : 17.07.03 06:40:34 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 55.413N Lon1 : 51.935W
40604 Date : 18.07.03 21:10:37 LC : 1 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 56.775N Lon1 : 60.320W
40604 Date : 19.07.03 17:01:24 LC : 0 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 57.368N Lon1 : 60.899W
40604 Date : 21.07.03 18:14:24 LC : 1 IQ : 66 Lat1 : 59.223N Lon1 : 63.016W
40604 Date : 22.07.03 20:49:46 LC : 1 IQ : 56 Lat1 : 59.984N Lon1 : 63.395W
40604 Date : 23.07.03 19:31:12 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 60.971N Lon1 : 63.806W
40604 Date : 24.07.03 00:06:17 LC : 2 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 60.958N Lon1 : 63.978W
40604 Date : 24.07.03 05:19:41 LC : 1 IQ : 60 Lat1 : 60.941N Lon1 : 63.690W

Satellite Fixes

Data Format
Date (dd.mm.yy): 22.08.96 23:06:55 Time (hr:min:sec)(in GMT), LC (fix quality)

LC just stands for Location Class. Location Classes of 0 and up are the best (derived from 4 or more messages)- a Class 0 is good to within between 1,000 and 5,000 meters. Classes 1,2,3- get consistently more accurate. The letter classes are given no estimate of error, but the A's are better than the B's etc. It appears that some of the letter class locations are pretty good (i.e. several fixes over a short period are quite similar), but then others vary wildly- especially the longitude.

> Lat1: [latitude] Lon1: [longitude]

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