Consistency of spatio-temporal patterns of avian migration across the Swiss lowlands

<p>Data used for the publication entitled <em>&#39;Consistency of spatio-temporal patterns of avian migration across the Swiss lowlands&#39;</em> published in <em>Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation</em> (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.143">https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.143</a>).</p> <p><strong>Files</strong></p> <p><strong>========================================================</strong></p> <p><strong>BTR_ATMO.csv</strong>: table containing daily / nightly aggregated ornithological radar and weather data.</p> <p>Headers are (see publication and supplementary information for more details on these variables:</p> <ul> <li><em>site</em>: location of the radar or weather data respectively (<em>GEN</em> = Geneva, <em>SEM</em> = Sempach, <em>WNT</em> = Winterthur)</li> <li><em>season</em>: spring or autumn migration period</li> <li><em>date</em>: date (yyyy-mm-dd)</li> <li><em>dayOrNight</em>: day or night according to civil twilight</li> <li><em>BTR</em>: Bird Traffic Rate per day / night (birds km^-1 h^-1)</li> <li><em>rho</em>: directional concentration per day / night</li> <li><em>rho.N</em>: number of echoes with information on bird flight direction per day / night</li> <li><em>windprofit</em>: average wind profits per day / night (m s^-1)</li> <li><em>temp</em>: average temperature per day / night (&deg;C)</li> <li><em>dTemp</em>: 24-h change in average temperature per day / night (&deg;C day^-1)</li> <li><em>pres</em>: average barometric pressure per day / night (hPa)</li> <li><em>dPres</em>: 24-h change in average barometric pressure per day / night (hPa day^-1)</li> <li><em>precDurProp</em>: proportion of the day / night with precipitation</li> </ul> <p><strong>========================================================</strong></p> <p><strong>========================================================</strong></p> <p><strong>ECHO.csv</strong>: table containing bird echoes with information on the flight direction that were registered during short pulse mode and within 50 to 1500 meters above ground level.</p> <p>Headers are:</p> <ul> <li><em>site</em>: location of the radar or weather data respectively (<em>GEN</em> = Geneva, <em>SEM</em> = Sempach, <em>WNT</em> = Winterthur)</li> <li><em>season</em>: spring or autumn migration period</li> <li><em>datetime</em>: timestamp of echo</li> <li><em>dateSunset</em>: date and time of civil dawn</li> <li><em>dayOrNight</em>: whether timestamp occurs during day or night based on civil twilight</li> <li><em>altitude</em>: bird flight altitude (meters above ground level)</li> <li><em>direction</em>: bird flight direction (degrees from north clockwise)</li> <li><em>speed</em>: bird ground speed (m s-1)</li> </ul> <p><strong>========================================================</strong></p>