STATE DEPARTMENT CRUISE ID:
DOS F2010-122

NOAA CRUISE ID:
NF-11-02

SHIP NAME:
NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER

OPERATING AGENCY:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

PROJECT TITLE:
Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER)

CRUISE DATES:
19 April 2011 - 7 May 2011

CHIEF SCIENTIST:
Ryan H. Smith
NOAA/AOML/PhOD
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149 USA
ryan.smith@noaa.gov
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/people/smith

CLEARANCE COUNTRIES:
The Bahamas
Dominican Republic
United Kingdom, for Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands

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This DVD contains both the raw and final (processed) data from the 
Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER5) cruise conducted aboard the 
NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER between 19 April 2011 and 7 May 2011 (NF-11-02).

The data contained on the DVD inlcude:

CTD: raw and processed data from all 
     conductivity, temperature, depth (CTD) casts

LADCP: raw and processed data from all 
       lowered acoustic Doppler profiler (LADCP) casts

SADCP: raw and processed hull-mounted acoustic Doppler current 
       profiler (SADCP) data from the completed cruise ship track

TSG: processed sea surface, flow-through data collected with the ship's
     thermosalinograph (TSG) and fluorometer, covering the completed 
     cruise ship track

FISH: processed larval fish data collected from the various net tows 
      (BONGO, NEUSTON, etc.) conducted during the cruise

In each directory, data include either a separate readme file or 
information in the header of the data file that describes in detail 
the data format contained therein.