CATS tag example deployment

Biologging tags are capable of capturing high-resolution data from cryptic species that spend a significant portion of their lives in remote or inaccessible environments, such as below the sea surface. The advancement of biologging technologies over the last ~30 years has lead to an explosion of research into the hidden lives of these elusive animals. Information about locomotion, feeding, migratory patterns, reproduction, and metabolism have all been determined using data obtained with biologging tags. CATS (customized animal tracking solutions) tags are one of the newest platforms for this type of research and integrate high-resolution video with a suite of inertial and environment sensors. For the last 5 years, we as members of the Goldbogen lab at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station have been using CATS tags to study the biomechanics and behavior of large baleen whale species. In the course of this work, we have tested and streamlined a workflow and set of tools to integrate multiple streams of raw sensor data into a simple data packet that can be used for further analyses. This dataset is an example CATS tag deployment for training use with the CATS toolkit.生物记录标签（biologging tag）可从大量生命活动处于偏远或难以抵达环境（如海面以下）的隐秘物种中获取高分辨率数据。近30年来，生物记录技术的进步催生了针对这类隐秘动物隐秘生活的研究热潮。借助生物记录标签采集的数据，学界已探明这些动物的运动、觅食、洄游模式、繁殖与代谢等多项关键信息。CATS标签（Customized Animal Tracking Solutions，定制化动物追踪解决方案）是此类研究的最新平台之一，它将高分辨率视频与一套惯性及环境传感器集成整合。过去5年间，我们作为斯坦福大学霍普金斯海洋站戈德博根实验室的成员，一直依托CATS标签开展大型须鲸类的生物力学与行为研究。在此研究过程中，我们优化并简化了一套工作流程与工具，可将多源原始传感器数据整合为可用于后续分析的标准化数据包。本数据集即为用于CATS工具包训练的CATS标签部署示例。