Whale reflectance spectra
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Cubaynes, Hannah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9497-154X
Rees, W Gareth
Jackson, Jennifer A
Moore, Michael
Sformo, Todd
Description
A list of whale reflectance spectra, pre-processed (see publication) with information about the species, collection method, and the set up.
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whale, reflectance, spectroradiometer
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MAVA Foundation (project 16035 “Studying whales from space”), NERC, BB Roberts Fund, the Cambridge Philosophical Society (S54/104/18) and Prescott Stranding grants to UNCW. The samples of whale integument were collected under the following permit: Stranding Agreements between the NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service and network participants: IFAW and UNCW, NOAA stranding Letter of Authorization to UNCW, NOAA Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Permits 932-1489, 932-1905, 17355, 18786, and 18786, Authorization from the NOAA NMFS NE Regional Office, NE and SE US NMFS MMPA Regional Letters of Authorization, under NMFS permit to Dr Teri Rowles. The integument samples from the bowhead subsistence harvest used to measure the reflectance were under the NMFS Permit No. 21386, however, samples were not retained.