Required NABat Metadata Fields for Stationary Acoustic Surveys
NABat|Activation start time *
NABat|Activation end time *
NABat|Software type*
NABat|Species List
NABat|Grid Cell GRTS ID **
NABat|Latitude **
NABat|Longitude **
NABat|Site Name
* * Either GRID Cell GRTS ID OR Latitude/Longitude are required. If Latitude/Longitude are provided and GRTS Cell is unspecified, NABat will auto-assign the appropriate cell.
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Optional NABat Metadata Fields for Stationary Acoustic Surveys
NABat|Detector type *
NABat|Detector Serial Number
NABat|Microphone type
NABat|Microphone Serial Number
NABat|Microphone orientation *
NABat|Microphone height
NABat|Distance to clutter
NABat|Type of clutter *
NABat|Distance to water
NABat|Water type
NABat|Percent clutter
NABat|Habitat type *
NABat|Land unit code
NABat|Contact information
NABat|Weatherproofing *
NABat|Unusual occurences
NABat|Nightly Low Temperature
NABat|Nightly High Temperature
NABat|Nightly Low Relative Humidity
NABat|Nightly High Relative Humidity
NABat|Nightly Low Weather Event
NABat|Nightly High Weather Event
NABat|Nightly Low Wind Speed
NABat|Nightly High Wind Speed
NABat|Nightly Low Cloud Cover
NABat|Nightly High Cloud Cover
* These fields require specific formatting/values and the NABat system will produce errors for unrecognized values. Accepted values for each field are provided below.
Accepted NABat Metadata Formats/Values for Stationary Acoustic Surveys
NABat|Activation start time:
YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS (e.g. 20190813T193000)
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NABat|Activation end time:
YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS (e.g. 20190815T063000)
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NABat|Detector type:
BINARY ACOUSTIC AR125 | BINARY ACOUSTIC AR125-FG | BINARY ACOUSTIC AR180 | BINARY ACOUSTIC AcroBat | BINARY ACOUSTIC iFR-IV | BINARY ACOUSTIC iFR-V | PETTERSSON D1000x | PETTERSSON D240x | PETTERSSON D500x | PETTERSSON M500 | TITLEY AnaBat Express | TITLEY AnaBat SD1 | TITLEY AnaBat SD2 | TITLEY AnaBat Swift | TITLEY AnaBat Walkabout | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS EM-Touch | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS EM-Touch2 | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS EM-TouchPRO | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS EM3/EM3+ | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM MICRO | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM2 | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM2Bat+ | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM2Bat-192 | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM3Bat | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM4BAT | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM4BAT-FS | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM4BAT-ZC | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SMMINI-BAT | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SMZC
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NABat|Microphone type:
Pettersson D500x | Pettersson M500 | TITLEY AnaBat Swift | Wildlife Acoustics SM3-U1 | Wildlife Acoustics SMM-U1 | Wildlife Acoustics SMM-U2 | Wildlife Acoustics SMX-U1 | Wildlife Acoustics SMX-US | Wildlife Acoustics SMX-UT | generic Directional | generic Extended Mic | generic Hi-Mic | generic Internal | generic Omni-directional | generic Regular
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NABat|Microphone orientation:
e | n | ne | nw | s | se | sw | w
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NABat|Type of clutter:
Building | Other | Rock | Vegetation | Water
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NABat|Habitat type:
agriculture | barren land | forest-conifer | forest-deciduous | forested wetland | grassland | shrubland | urban | water | wetland
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NABat|Weatherproofing:
TRUE | FALSE
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NABat|Software Type
AnaLook | Anabat Insight 2.x | AnalookW | BCID 2.5c | BCID 2.7d | BCID 2.8b | Bioacoustics 0.2.5 | EchoClass 3.1 | Kaleidoscope 3.x | Kaleidoscope 4.0.0 | Kaleidoscope 4.3.x | Kaleidoscope 4.5.0 | Kaleidoscope 4.5.4 | Kaleidoscope 4.5.5 | Kaleidoscope 4.5.x | Kaleidoscope 4.x | Kaleidoscope 5.0.x | Kaleidoscope 5.1.x | Kaleidoscope 5.2.x | Kaleidoscope 5.3.x | Kaleidoscope x | No Auto ID | Sonobat 3.x | Sonobat 4.2 | Sonobat 4.x | Sonobat x
Required NABat Metadata Fields for Mobile Transect Surveys
NABat|Activation start time *
NABat|Activation end time *
NABat|Software type*
NABat|Species List
NABat|Grid Cell GRTS ID **
NABat|Latitude **
NABat|Longitude **
NABat|Site Name
* * Either GRID Cell GRTS ID OR Latitude/Longitude are required if no spatial object for the route is provided. If Lat/Long are provided and GRTS Cell is unspecified, NABat will auto-assign the appropriate cell. The SonoBat metadata form will automatically extract Lat/Long from files that contain embedded X,Y locations. Guidance on manually adding X,Y locations downloaded from an external GPS unit is provided here.
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Optional NABat Metadata Fields for Mobile Transect Surveys
NABat|Detector type *
NABat|Detector Serial Number
NABat|Microphone type *
NABat|Microphone Serial Number
NABat|Microphone Placement
NABat|Habitat type *
NABat|Contact information
NABat|Comments
NABat|Unusual occurences
NABat|Nightly Low Temperature
NABat|Nightly High Temperature
NABat|Nightly Low Relative Humidity
NABat|Nightly High Relative Humidity
NABat|Nightly Low Weather Event
NABat|Nightly High Weather Event
NABat|Nightly Low Wind Speed
NABat|Nightly High Wind Speed
NABat|Nightly Low Cloud Cover
NABat|Nightly High Cloud Cover
* These fields require specific formatting/values and the NABat system will produce errors for unrecognized values. Accepted values for each field are provided below.
Accepted NABat Metadata Formats/Values for Mobile Transect Surveys
NABat|Activation start time:
YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS (e.g. 20190813T193000)
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NABat|Activation end time:
YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS (e.g. 20190815T063000)
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NABat|Detector type:
BINARY ACOUSTIC AR125 | BINARY ACOUSTIC AR125-FG | BINARY ACOUSTIC AR180 | BINARY ACOUSTIC AcroBat | BINARY ACOUSTIC iFR-IV | BINARY ACOUSTIC iFR-V | PETTERSSON D1000x | PETTERSSON D240x | PETTERSSON D500x | PETTERSSON M500 | TITLEY AnaBat Express | TITLEY AnaBat SD1 | TITLEY AnaBat SD2 | TITLEY AnaBat Swift | TITLEY AnaBat Walkabout | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS EM-Touch | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS EM-Touch2 | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS EM-TouchPRO | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS EM3/EM3+ | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM MICRO | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM2 | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM2Bat+ | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM2Bat-192 | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM3Bat | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM4BAT | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM4BAT-FS | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SM4BAT-ZC | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SMMINI-BAT | WILDLIFE ACOUSTICS SMZC
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NABat|Microphone type:
Pettersson D500x | Pettersson M500 | TITLEY AnaBat Swift | Wildlife Acoustics SM3-U1 | Wildlife Acoustics SMM-U1 | Wildlife Acoustics SMM-U2 | Wildlife Acoustics SMX-U1 | Wildlife Acoustics SMX-US | Wildlife Acoustics SMX-UT | generic Directional | generic Extended Mic | generic Hi-Mic | generic Internal | generic Omni-directional | generic Regular
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NABat|Software Type
AnaLook | Anabat Insight 2.x | AnalookW | BCID 2.5c | BCID 2.7d | BCID 2.8b | Bioacoustics 0.2.5 | EchoClass 3.1 | Kaleidoscope 3.x | Kaleidoscope 4.0.0 | Kaleidoscope 4.3.x | Kaleidoscope 4.5.0 | Kaleidoscope 4.5.4 | Kaleidoscope 4.5.5 | Kaleidoscope 4.5.x | Kaleidoscope 4.x | Kaleidoscope 5.0.x | Kaleidoscope 5.1.x | Kaleidoscope 5.2.x | Kaleidoscope 5.3.x | Kaleidoscope x | No Auto ID | Sonobat 3.x | Sonobat 4.2 | Sonobat 4.x | Sonobat x