TransSummary: Summarize the flight information for an observer

In USFWS/AKaerial: Analysis of Alaska Region Aerial Survey Data

Summarize the flight information for an observer

Description

TransSummary will summarize the flight and sampled area of a pilot or observer and give both the original and renumbered transect for reference

Usage

TransSummary(full.data, split.design, area)

Arguments

full.data	A clean (greenlight) file of observations
split.design	SplitDesign output object of corrected transect lines
area	The area code for dedicated MBM Alaska region surveys. Acceptable values include: YKD - Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, ducks YKDV - Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, 2018 visibility study YKG - Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, geese KIG - Kigigak Island ACP - Arctic Coastal Plain CRD - Copper River Delta WBPHS - The North American Waterfowl Breeding Population Habitat Survey BLSC - 2018 Black Scoter Survey

Details

TransSummary uses what was declared by a pilot or observed as navigational transect number in their transcribed data file and cross references it with the corrected transect number (ctran) in split design to develop a flight record for the pilot/observer.

Value

Transect summary data frame

Author(s)

Charles Frost, [e-mail]

References

https://github.com/USFWS/AKaerial

USFWS/AKaerial documentation built on April 3, 2025, 4:06 p.m.