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Summary of information typically provided to R2R by the vessel operator:

+ - Repeatable

* - from controlled vocabulary

Vessel Metadata

Attribute Example Notes
Name Neil Armstrong
Type* R/V
Prefix AR For Cruise IDs from this vessel
Operator* WHOI
Owner ONR
ICES Code 33VB
Designation AGOR-27 Typically for military-owned vessels
MMSI# 338767000
Radio Sign WARL
IMO# 9688946
Length (m) 72.5
Max Speed (m/s) 7.0
Max Draft (m) 4.6

Device Metadata

Attribute Example Notes
Vessel Neil Armstrong
Parent Device If subcomponent i.e. DO sensor on CTD
Type* metstation
Make* Vaisala
Model* WXT250
Serial#
Location Port
Directory /underway/raw/(.)*.WXP$ Regex match to locate files on distro
Format* SUDS
Install Date 2015-10-31
Remove Date

Cruise Metadata

Attribute Example Notes
Vessel Neil Armstrong
ID AR26 Assigned by ship operator
Title Collaborative Research: An Observational and Modeling Study of the Physical Processes Driving Exchanges between the Shelf and the Deep Ocean At Cape Hatteras
Type* Operational
Operator* WHOI
Scheduler* UNOLS
Funder* OCE
Depart Date 2018-01-08
Depart Port* Woods Hole From UNOLS master port table
Arrive Date 2018-01-21
Arrive Port Woods Hole From UNOLS master port table

Person+

Name

Institution*

Role*


Gawarkiewicz, Glen

WHOI

Scientist, Chief

VESSELS
50
RESEARCH CRUISES
10,067
DATA SETS ARCHIVED
61,063
DOWNLOADABLE FILES
23,573,045

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