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Published March 19, 2021 | Version v1
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Argos and GPS data for a polar bear track

  • 1. The University of British Columbia
  • 2. University of Alberta

Description

It is rare to be able to validate state-space models for Argos data. This dataset provides a unique opportunity to do so, because it contains simultaneous Argos and GPS data for a polar bear. The GPS locations are extremely accurate (≤30 m) compared to Argos data, which can have errors as large as 36 km depending on the quality class. The dataset contains one year of movement data, starting on April 20, 2009. The dataset was used in the associated Ecological Monographs paper to show how to fit state-space models to ecological data.

Notes

PB_Argos.csv – One year of Argos locations. DateTime contains the date and time of the locations, QualClass contains the quality category of the Argos location, Lat contains the latitude, and Lon contains the longitude.

PB_GPS.csv – One year of daily GPS locations. DateTime contains the date and time of the locations, Lat contains the latitude, and Lon contains the longitude.

Files

PB_Argos.csv

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