Free-ranging short-finned pilot whales morphometric measurements from aerial photographs (North Atlantic)

DATABASE
UAV photogrammetry data on short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) collected in the Canaries (off Tenerife island in 2021 and 2022 years, lead PI: [e-mail]), the Lesser Antilles (off Dominica in 2017 lead PI: [e-mail]) and the Azores (off Terceira island in 2018 and 2021 years, lead PI: [e-mail]).
Please contact the respective lead PI for any use of the data set and information provided here.

PERMITS
In the Canaries, the UAVs were operated under an UAV Operator licence (Register # 2020064914) and an Advanced certificate of aircraft piloted by remote control (RPA20605OT and RPA20605OP) under the Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA). Research was conducted under a research permit from the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (permit AUTSPP/41/2020). In Dominica, research was undertaken under permit #RP16-04/88FIS-9 in 2016 and #RP17-08/12FIS-1 from the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of the Blue and Green Economy of the Government of Dominica.

FUNDING
Research in Tenerife was supported by the Agustín de Betancourt Fellowship financed by the Cabildo of Tenerife and the Canary Islands Development Fund (FDCAN), the Technology Transfer Office of the University of La Laguna, the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology project FILMAR (FCT-19-1441), the Canary Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society project START-BLUE (ProID2021010029) and the Canary Islands Government project INMAR (EIS-2020-07). Research in Dominica was funded through a FNU fellowship for the Danish Council for Independent Research supplemented by a Sapere Aude Research Talent Award, a Carlsberg Foundation expedition grant, a grant from Focused on Nature, and a CRE Grant from the National Geographic Society to SG; a FNU Large Frame Grant and Villum Foundation Grant to Peter T. Madsen at Aarhus University; and supplementary grants from the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation, Quarters For Conservation, the Dansk Akustisks Selskab, Oticon Foundation, and the Dansk Tennis Fond.

数据集
本数据集包含短肢领航鲸（Globicephala macrorhynchus）的无人机（UAV）摄影测量数据，采集区域涵盖加那利群岛（2021、2022年于特内里费岛附近海域，项目负责人：[e-mail]）、小安的列斯群岛（2017年于多米尼克附近海域，项目负责人：[e-mail]）以及亚速尔群岛（2018、2021年于特塞拉岛附近海域，项目负责人：[e-mail]）。
若需使用本数据集及此处提供的相关信息，请联系对应项目负责人。

许可说明
在加那利群岛开展作业时，无人机的运营持有西班牙航空安全与安保局（AESA）颁发的无人机运营商注册许可（注册号：2020064914）以及遥控航空器高级驾驶资质（RPA20605OT、RPA20605OP）。本研究获得西班牙生态转型与人口挑战部颁发的研究许可（许可编号：AUTSPP/41/2020）。在多米尼克开展的研究则持有多米尼克政府蓝绿经济部渔业司颁发的许可：2016年许可编号为RP16-04/88FIS-9，2017年许可编号为RP17-08/12FIS-1。

资助情况
特内里费岛相关研究获得的资助包括：特内里费岛议会与加那利群岛发展基金（FDCAN）资助的奥古斯丁·德·贝当古奖学金、拉古纳大学技术转移办公室支持、西班牙科学技术基金会FILMAR项目（FCT-19-1441）、加那利研究、创新与信息社会局START-BLUE项目（ProID2021010029）以及加那利群岛政府INMAR项目（EIS-2020-07）。
多米尼克相关研究的资助来源包括：丹麦独立研究理事会FNU奖学金，辅以Sapere Aude研究人才奖、嘉士伯基金会考察资助、Focused on Nature专项资助以及美国国家地理学会（National Geographic Society）为SG颁发的CRE资助；奥胡斯大学（Aarhus University）Peter T. Madsen获得的FNU大额资助与维勒姆基金会（Villum Foundation）资助；另有亚利桑那自然保护中心、保护驻留资助、丹麦声学协会、奥迪康基金会（Oticon Foundation）以及丹麦网球基金会提供的补充资助。