Dataset

Sightings for AN/AQS-20 Sonar Aerial Monitoring in the NSWC PCD Study Area from July 2011 and May 2012

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Original provider: HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc. Dataset credits: The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program Abstract: Three aerial marine-species monitoring surveys for an AN/AQS-20 sonar research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) event occurred, with daily marine-species surveys from 05 July through 09 July 2011, 23 July through 26 July 2011, and 20 May through 26 May 2011 off the coast of Florida in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Study Area in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The AN/AQS-20 is a high-frequency active sonar (HFAS) system used in mine countermeasures detection.

Citation: Latusek-Nabholz, J. 2020. Sightings for AN/AQS-20 Sonar Aerial Monitoring in the NSWC PCD Study Area from July 2011 and May 2012. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/88900254.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 00:59

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_947

376
occurrence records
11
taxa
6
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 376
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 376
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 376
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data