STATE DEPARTMENT CRUISE ID: DOS F2017-003 (Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos Islands) NOAA CRUISE ID: NF-17-03 SHIP NAME: NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER OPERATING AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) PROJECT TITLE: Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER) [DOS F2017-003] CRUISE DATES: 14 April 2017 through 03 May 2017 CHIEF SCIENTISTS: Sarah Privoznik Ryan H. Smith NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC NOAA/AOML/PhOD 75 Virginia Beach Drive 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149 USA Miami, FL 33149 USA sarah.privoznik@noaa.gov ryan.smith@noaa.gov CLEARANCE COUNTRIES: Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos Islands --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This DVD contains the final (processed) data and raw data from NF-17-03 conducted aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER between 14 April 2017 and 03 May 2017. The data contained on the DVD include: CTD: processed and raw data from all conductivity, temperature, depth (CTD) casts (ASCII 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: all sea surface, flow-through data collected with the ship's thermosalinograph (TSG) and fluorometer, covering the completed cruise ship track (ASCII format) FISH: all larval fish (ichthyoplankton) data available from the various net tows performed during the cruise (XLSX format) XBT: all expendable bathythermograph (XBT) profile data available will be furnished upon request (contact project database manager estrella.malca@noaa.gov) 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.