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.
RELEASE: 18 May 1998, 11:00 AM EST
> Lat1: 42.667N [latitude] Lon1: 70.662W [longitude]
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Final report at End.
Data 27583 Date : 18.05.98 18:34:31 LC : Z Lat1 : 42.638N Lon1 :69.280W
27583 Date : 18.05.98 20:13:26 LC : A Lat2 : 42.687N Lon2 :70.519W
27583 Date : 19.05.98 10:12:28 LC : B Lat1 : 42.740N Lon1 :69.742W
27583 Date : 20.05.98 18:12:56 LC : B Lat1 : 43.156N Lon1 :68.774W
27583 Date : 20.05.98 19:51:44 LC : 0 Lat1 : 43.146N Lon1 :68.991W
27583 Date : 21.05.98 12:18:54 LC : 0 Lat1 : 43.251N Lon1 :68.315W
27583 Date : 22.05.98 06:19:51 LC : A Lat1 : 43.362N Lon1 :67.683W
27583 Date : 22.05.98 07:59:31 LC : 0 Lat1 : 43.305N Lon1 :67.574W
27583 Date : 22.05.98 11:57:05 LC : 0 Lat1 : 43.350N Lon1 :67.511W
27583 Date : 23.05.98 09:51:21 LC : 0 Lat1 : 43.439N Lon1 :66.872W
27583 Date : 24.05.98 07:38:38 LC : 0 Lat1 : 43.526N Lon1 :66.467W
27583 Date : 25.05.98 07:24:25 LC : B Lat1 : 43.613N Lon1 :66.296W
27583 Date : 26.05.98 07:12:52 LC : B Lat1 : 43.566N Lon1 :66.428W
27583 Date : 26.05.98 10:32:11 LC : B Lat1 : 43.492N Lon1 :66.261W
27583 Date : 27.05.98 11:44:31 LC : A Lat1 : 43.422N Lon1 : 66.224W
27583 Date : 28.05.98 06:57:07 LC : 1 Lat1 : 43.427N Lon1 : 66.369W
27583 Date : 29.05.98 12:40:19 LC : 0 Lat1 : 43.107N Lon1 : 66.339W
27583 Date : 31.05.98 19:30:54 LC : 2 Lat1 : 42.963N Lon1 : 66.409W
27583 Date : 01.06.98 06:11:05 LC : 1 Lat1 : 42.889N Lon1 : 66.445W
27583 Date : 02.06.98 07:39:38 LC : B Lat1 : 42.976N Lon1 : 66.584W
27583 Date : 02.06.98 22:32:55 LC : B Lat1 : 42.838N Lon1 : 66.565W
27583 Date : 03.06.98 13:54:05 LC : 0 Lat1 : 42.694N Lon1 : 66.476W
27583 Date : 08.06.98 08:15:03 LC : 0 Lat1 : 42.618N Lon1 : 66.862W
27583 Date : 10.06.98 14:08:20 LC : A Lat1 : 42.852N Lon1 : 66.234W
27583 Date : 11.06.98 12:16:48 LC : A Lat1 : 42.914N Lon1 : 65.909W
27583 Date : 13.06.98 09:01:07 LC : A Lat1 : 42.952N Lon1 : 65.568W
27583 Date : 14.06.98 11:49:39 LC : A Lat1 : 42.925N Lon1 : 65.363W
27583 Date : 15.06.98 06:56:59 LC : 2 Lat1 : 42.967N Lon1 : 65.604W
27583 Date : 16.06.98 06:44:34 LC : 0 Lat1 : 42.826N Lon1 : 65.614W
27583 Date : 17.06.98 14:22:56 LC : 0 Lat1 : 42.866N Lon1 : 65.519W
27583 Date : 20.06.98 09:39:11 LC : A Lat1 : 43.147N Lon1 : 65.410W
27583 Date : 21.06.98 20:38:37 LC : A Lat1 : 43.405N Lon1 : 64.671W
27583 Date : 23.06.98 11:48:35 LC : A Lat1 : 44.082N Lon1 : 63.948W
27583 Date : 24.06.98 16:45:08 LC : A Lat1 : 44.393N Lon1 : 63.634W
27583 Date : 25.06.98 12:45:23 LC : A Lat1 : 44.383N Lon1 : 63.242W
27583 Date : 26.06.98 06:37:12 LC : A Lat1 : 44.670N Lon1 : 63.139W
27583 Date : 27.06.98 10:20:40 LC : 1 Lat1 : 44.683N Lon1 : 63.166W
27583 Date : 28.06.98 06:11:23 LC : B Lat1 : 44.548N Lon1 : 63.012W
27583 Date : 28.06.98 11:36:52 LC : A Lat1 : 44.464N Lon1 : 62.929W
27583 Date : 29.06.98 07:42:30 LC : 1 Lat1 : 44.679N Lon1 : 63.169W
27583 Date : 29.06.98 09:41:28 LC : B Lat1 : 44.651N Lon1 :62.738W
27583 Date : 30.06.98 09:17:40 LC : A Lat1 : 44.769N Lon1 :63.004W
27583 Date : 01.07.98 11:12:38 LC : A Lat1 : 44.669N Lon1 :63.182W
27583 Date : 02.07.98 07:10:45 LC : A Lat1 : 44.698N Lon1 :63.122W
27583 Date : 03.07.98 21:14:59 LC : A Lat1 : 44.275N Lon1 :63.352W
27583 Date : 04.07.98 09:27:38 LC : A Lat1 : 44.694N Lon1 :63.158W
27583 Date : 05.07.98 12:23:56 LC : A Lat1 : 44.697N Lon1 :63.170W
27583 Date : 06.07.98 09:46:19 LC : B Lat1 : 44.568N Lon1 :63.152W
27583 Date : 07.07.98 06:15:21 LC : A Lat1 : 44.657N Lon1 :63.138W
27583 Date : 10.07.98 10:34:32 LC : A Lat1 : 44.923N Lon1 :62.365W
27583 Date : 11.07.98 12:34:40 LC : A Lat1 : 44.744N Lon1 :62.332W
27583 Date : 12.07.98 09:51:55 LC : B Lat1 : 44.827N Lon1 :62.444W
27583 Date : 13.07.98 09:27:44 LC : A Lat1 : 44.780N Lon1 :62.463W
27583 Date : 14.07.98 06:34:50 LC : A Lat1 : 44.812N Lon1 :62.466W
27583 Date : 15.07.98 15:14:25 LC : A Lat1 : 45.171N Lon1 :62.115W
27583 Date : 16.07.98 12:23:50 LC : 1 Lat1 : 44.798N Lon1 :62.464W
27583 Date : 17.07.98 06:04:26 LC : A Lat1 : 44.717N Lon1 :62.496W
27583 Date : 17.07.98 07:43:16 LC : 0 Lat1 : 44.687N Lon1 :62.297W
27583 Date : 18.07.98 09:14:46 LC : 1 Lat1 : 44.365N Lon1 :63.407W
27583 Date : 19.07.98 11:19:54 LC : 0 Lat1 : 44.673N Lon1 :62.829W
27583 Date : 20.07.98 07:11:26 LC : B Lat1 : 44.893N Lon1 :62.252W
27583 Date : 22.07.98 10:14:06 LC : 0 Lat1 : 43.995N Lon1 :63.375W
27583 Date : 23.07.98 06:39:52 LC : A Lat1 : 43.930N Lon1 :64.400W
27583 Date : 23.07.98 12:30:26 LC : 0 Lat1 : 44.065N Lon1 :64.565W
27583 Date : 25.07.98 10:06:44 LC : 0 Lat1 : 44.164N Lon1 :64.312W
27583 Date : 27.07.98 07:33:31 LC : 0 Lat1 : 44.184N Lon1 :64.417W
27583 Date : 28.07.98 12:18:49 LC : 0 Lat1 : 43.883N Lon1 :64.700W
27583 Date : 29.07.98 07:11:25 LC : A Lat1 : 43.764N Lon1 :64.936W
27583 Date : 30.07.98 09:55:00 LC : 2 Lat1 : 43.877N Lon1 :64.770W
27583 Date : 31.07.98 06:50:40 LC : 1 Lat1 : 43.844N Lon1 :64.816W
27583 Date : 04.08.98 16:06:19 LC : A Lat1 : 42.820N Lon1 :65.904W
Final Report
Our last message from "Casino" was six
days ago. Although we did get a location that looked pretty good the dive
data from the tag was very strange (probably due to the power ( I hope). I
will be doing some double checking on those messages, but I think we can be
fairly sure that we will not be hearing from the tag again. Given the
power readings from the tag that we have been getting I think it is safe to
assume that the tag has run out of power and shut down. All things
considered this was a very interesting and valuable tag run. We received
78 days of data, 299 location fixes. The locations covered a distance of
over 2,600 miles(how many miles per day does that work out to?) within a
range of over 25,000 miles. We received over 2300 data messages. From those
messages we collected over 750 data messages that gave us data on dive
duration and dive depth for over 130,000 dives. We will be crunching up
the numbers for a while, but I will send along a summary of what we think
went on, once we have had a chance to look at the data a little more closely.
The short version of the story is that "Casino"'s track can be broken into
at least three main parts. First he travel led across the Gulf of Maine.
This is an important finding, because so far all of the released seals we
have tagged have left the release location very quickly. This is
important, because, it probably tells us why we so infrequently get follow
up information from tagged, rehabilitated seals..they leave...fast.
Second he moved up the coast of Nova Scotia staying well offshore doing
fairly deep and consistent dives. For the last thirty or so days he as
moved north, up the coast, then south along the coast staying near shore,
doing shallower dives and hauling out frequently. We can certainly say
that "Casino" survived following release for the full 70+ days of tracking.
I think we may be able to make some educated guesses at how well he may do
in the future by looking at the dive data, however that will have to wait
until I can look more closely at the data Basically, though, this will be
the last message about "Casino".
