Argos PTT Tracking Database 1982-2009

A repository of all ARGOS satellite messages from 1982 to 2009. Trackers have been used on AWS stations, buoys and numerous species of whales, seals and seabirds.ARGOS is a means of sending data back from PTT devices - Position Tracking Terminals. However, the subject does not necessarily have to be moving - as in the case of the Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), which use ARGOS for relaying meteorological data back to Australia.Animal species that have been or are currently monitored by the Australian Antarctic Program using the ARGOS system include:Grey-headed AlbatrossBlack-browed AlbatrossLight mantled sooty albatrossAustralian Fur SealAntarctic Fur SealWeddell SealRoss sealCrabeater sealSouthern Elephant SealEmperor PenguinKing PenguinMacaroni PenguinAdelie PenguinPygmy Blue WhaleLocations in which the ARGOS system is/was being used by the Australian Antarctic Program are:Admiralty BayAlbatross IslandAlmagroAuster RookeryBechervaise IslandCape GantheaumeCaroline CoveCaseyDavisDiego RamirezDumont d'Urville, BaseEdmonson PointIldefonsoInexpressible IslandMacquarie IslandMagnetic IslandPedra BrancaScullin MonolithShirley IslandSpit BayTaylor RookeryUfs IslandEach day, data is retrieved via telnet client from the ARGOS site in France. A batch process parses the data files and inserts into the Data Centre database by 0800 local time. End-users can subscribe to an email describing the recent data uploads. Web-based tools are provided to filter the data by bounding box, time span and type of message quality. Finally a optional velocity filter can be applied to remove spurious positions that should not be reachable by that particular species. For example, seal data can be filtered for positions that would require speeds in excess of 10 km/hr. The same tool ascribes species, gender, age class and breeding status to each set of data. A separate control allows the filtered data to be published to the general public and/or to OBIS and GBIF via web services.Output products include maps, excel spreadsheets and KML files for mapping data on Google Earth.

本数据集收录了1982年至2009年间全部ARGOS卫星通信报文（ARGOS）。系统跟踪终端被部署于自动气象站（AWS, Automatic Weather Stations）、浮标以及多种鲸类、海豹与海鸟之上。ARGOS系统是一种通过位置跟踪终端（PTT, Position Tracking Terminals）回传数据的通信手段，不过监测对象未必处于移动状态——例如自动气象站（AWS）便通过ARGOS系统将气象数据回传至澳大利亚。
澳大利亚南极项目使用ARGOS系统监测过或正在监测的动物物种包括：灰头信天翁、黑眉信天翁、浅背乌信天翁、澳州海狗、南极海狗、威德尔海豹、罗斯海豹、食蟹海豹、南象海豹、帝企鹅、王企鹅、马可罗尼企鹅、阿德利企鹅、小蓝鲸。
澳大利亚南极项目使用ARGOS系统的布设地点包括：海军部湾、信天翁岛、阿尔马格罗、奥斯特企鹅聚居地、贝谢瓦兹岛、甘瑟姆角、卡罗琳湾、凯西站、戴维斯站、迭戈拉米雷斯岛、迪蒙·迪维尔基地、埃德蒙森角、伊尔丰索岛、难言岛、麦夸里岛、磁岛、佩德拉布兰卡礁、斯克林巨岩、雪莉岛、斯皮特湾、泰勒企鹅聚居地、乌夫斯岛。
每日均通过Telnet客户端（Telnet）从法国的ARGOS站点获取数据，经批处理流程解析数据文件后，于当地时间08:00前将数据写入数据中心数据库。终端用户可订阅用于推送近期数据上传情况的电子邮件。平台提供基于网页的工具，支持通过边界框（bounding box）、时间跨度以及报文质量类型对数据进行筛选。此外还可启用可选的速度过滤器，用于剔除特定物种无法达到的虚假定位数据。例如，可针对海豹数据过滤掉需要其以超过10公里/小时的速度移动才能到达的定位点。该工具还可对每组数据赋予物种、性别、年龄层级以及繁殖状态属性。另有独立控件支持将筛选后的数据通过Web服务发布至公众平台，或上传至海洋生物地理信息系统（OBIS, Ocean Biogeographic Information System）以及全球生物多样性信息设施（GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility）。产出成果包括地图、Excel电子表格以及可用于Google Earth（Google Earth）数据可视化的KML文件（KML）。