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.
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)
NABat|Activation end time:
YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS (e.g. 20190815T063000)
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
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
NABat|Microphone orientation:
e | n | ne | nw | s | se | sw | w
NABat|Type of clutter:
Building | Other | Rock | Vegetation | Water
NABat|Habitat type:
agriculture | barren land | forest-conifer | forest-deciduous | forested wetland | grassland | shrubland | urban | water | wetland
NABat|Weatherproofing:
TRUE | FALSE
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.
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)
NABat|Activation end time:
YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS (e.g. 20190815T063000)
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
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
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