STATE DEPARTMENT CRUISE ID:
DOS F2014-098 (Cuba)
DOS F2015-010 (Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
               Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Turks and Caicos 
               Islands)

NOAA CRUISE ID:
NF-15-02 and NF-15-03 (merged: NF-15-02/03)

SHIP NAME:
NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER

OPERATING AGENCY:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

PROJECT TITLE(S):
Larval Bluefin Tuna Ecology Survey (LBTES)    [DOS F2014-098]
Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER)          [DOS F2015-010]
Bluefin Tuna Ecology (BTE)                    [DOS F2015-010]

CRUISE DATES:
11 April 2015 through 02 June 2015  

CHIEF SCIENTISTS:
[DOS F2014-098]                 [DOS F2015-010]
John T. Lamkin                  Ryan H. Smith            
NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC                 NOAA/AOML/PhOD
75 Virginia Beach Drive         4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149 USA             Miami, FL 33149 USA
john.lamkin@noaa.gov            ryan.smith@noaa.gov

CLEARANCE COUNTRIES:
Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, 
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands

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This DVD contains the final (processed) data and raw data from NF-15-02/03
conducted aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER between 11 April 2015 and 02 June
2015.  This was a merged research cruise combining the Larval Bluefin Tuna
Ecology Survey (LBTES), Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER), and Bluefin Tuna
Ecology (BTE) field efforts for 2015.

The data contained on the DVD include:

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

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

SADCP: processed and raw hull-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler 
       (SADCP) data from the completed cruise ship track (matlab .mat data 
       file, .asc ASCII data file surface velocities only, and raw binary and
       ASCII files).

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

FISH: processed and raw larval fish (ichthyoplankton) data collected from the 
      various net tows performed during the cruise (XLS and PDF format)

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.