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EX0903 from/to San Francisco, CA on the NOAA ship the Okeanos Explorer along the eastern Mendocino Ridge in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from 2009-05-05 to 2009-05-26
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    fileIdentifier:  EX0903
    language:  eng; USA
    characterSet:  (MD_CharacterSetCode) utf8
    hierarchyLevel:  (MD_ScopeCode) fieldSession
    hierarchyLevelName:  Cruise Level Metadata
    contact:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
        individualName:  Brian Meyer
        organisationName:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
        contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
            phone:  (CI_Telephone)
                voice:  303-497-6125
            address:  (CI_Address)
                electronicMailAddress:  Brian.Meyer@noaa.gov
        role:  (CI_RoleCode) pointOfContact
    contact:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
        individualName:  Jennifer Jencks
        organisationName:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
        contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
            phone:  (CI_Telephone)
                voice:  303 497-6419
            address:  (CI_Address)
                electronicMailAddress:  Jennifer.Jencks@noaa.gov
            hoursOfService:  8:00 - 5:00 Mountain
        role:  (CI_RoleCode) pointOfContact
    dateStamp:  2012-06-18
    metadataStandardName:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data
    metadataStandardVersion:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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    identificationInfo:  (MD_DataIdentification)
        citation:  (CI_Citation)
            title:  EX0903 from/to San Francisco, CA on the NOAA ship the Okeanos Explorer along the eastern Mendocino Ridge in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from 2009-05-05 to 2009-05-26
            date:  (CI_Date)
                date:  2009-05-05
                dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode) creation
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  EX0903
        abstract:  EX0903 was a cruise aimed at collecting high-resolution seafloor mapping data along the eastern Mendocino Ridge in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, an area that may potentially qualify for an extended continental shelf under Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
        purpose:  Law of the Sea Mapping Program - Mendocino Ridge, Eastern Pacific Ocean Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) Survey.
        status:  (MD_ProgressCode) completed
        pointOfContact:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
            individualName:  Gardner, James V.
            organisationName:  University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (UNH/CCOM)
            positionName:  Chief Scientist
            contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                address:  (CI_Address)
                    electronicMailAddress:  jim.gardner@unh.edu
            role:  (CI_RoleCode) principalInvestigator
        descriptiveKeywords:  (MD_Keywords)
            keyword:  >Pacific
            type:  (MD_KeywordTypeCode) place
            thesaurusName:  (CI_Citation)
                title:  Limits of Oceans and Seas
                alternateTitle:  Special Publication S-23
                date:  (CI_Date)
                    date:  1953-01-01
                    dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode) revision
                edition:  3rd
                citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                    organisationName:  International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
                    contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                        onlineResource:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                            linkage: http://www.iho-ohi.net/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S23_1953.pdf
                            name:  Limits of Oceans and Seas
                            description:  Maintained by IHO.
                            function:  (CI_OnLineFunctionCode) information
                    role:  (CI_RoleCode) publisher
        descriptiveKeywords:  (MD_Keywords)
            keyword:  EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans
            type:  (MD_KeywordTypeCode) theme
            thesaurusName:  (CI_Citation)
                title:  NASA/GCMD Science Keywords
                date: (unknown)
                citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                    organisationName:  NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) User Support Office
                    contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                        address:  (CI_Address)
                            electronicMailAddress:  gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov
                        onlineResource:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                            linkage: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/index.html
                            applicationProfile:  web browser
                            name:  NASA Global Change Master Directory
                            description:  Home Page
                            function:  (CI_OnLineFunctionCode) information
                        contactInstructions: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/MailComments/MailComments.jsf?rcpt=gcmduso
                    role:  (CI_RoleCode) custodian
        descriptiveKeywords:  (MD_Keywords)
            keyword:  Mendocino Ridge
            type:  (MD_KeywordTypeCode) place
            thesaurusName:  (CI_Citation)
                title:  IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of undersea feature names
                date:  (CI_Date)
                    date:  2010-08-24
                    dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode) revision
                citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                    organisationName:  GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN)
                    contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                        onlineResource:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                            linkage: http://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/undersea_feature_names/documents/gebco_gazetteer_august_2010.pdf
                            name:  IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of undersea feature names
                            description:  All names selected by SCUFN are contained in the GEBCO Gazetteer of Geographic Names of Undersea Features.
                            function:  (CI_OnLineFunctionCode) information
                    role:  (CI_RoleCode) resourceProvider
        resourceConstraints:  (MD_Constraints)
            useLimitation:  This data set is not to be used for navigation
        aggregationInfo:  (MD_AggregateInformation)
            aggregateDataSetIdentifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  U.S. Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) Program
            associationType:  (DS_AssociationTypeCode) largerWorkCitation
            initiativeType:  (DS_InitiativeTypeCode) program
        language:  eng; USA
        topicCategory:  (MD_TopicCategoryCode) oceans
        topicCategory:  (MD_TopicCategoryCode) geoscientificInformation
        extent:  (EX_Extent)
            geographicElement:  (EX_GeographicBoundingBox)
                westBoundLongitude:  -135.432080
                eastBoundLongitude:  -124.479790
                southBoundLatitude:  39.711829
                northBoundLatitude:  45.799800
        extent:  (EX_Extent)
            description:  Cruise Start and End
            temporalElement:  (EX_SpatialTemporalExtent)
                extent:
                  TimeInstant:
                    timePosition:  2009-05-05
                spatialExtent:  (EX_GeographicDescription)
                    geographicIdentifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                        authority:  (CI_Citation)
                            title:  University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Port Table
                            date: (unknown)
                        code:  San Fransisco
            temporalElement:  (EX_SpatialTemporalExtent)
                extent:
                  TimeInstant:
                    timePosition:  2009-05-26
                spatialExtent:  (EX_GeographicDescription)
                    geographicIdentifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                        authority:  (CI_Citation)
                            title:  University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Port Table
                            date: (missing)
                        code:  San Fransisco
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    dataQualityInfo:  (DQ_DataQuality)
        scope:  (DQ_Scope)
            level:  (MD_ScopeCode) collectionSession
            levelDescription:  (MD_ScopeDescription)
                other:  Descriptions of dataypes collected by devices.
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    acquisitionInformation:  (MI_AcquisitionInformation)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                authority:  (CI_Citation)
                    title:  International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Ship Code List
                    date: (missing)
                    citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                        organisationName:  International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
                        contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                            onlineResource:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                                linkage: http://www.ices.dk
                        role:  (CI_RoleCode) resourceProvider
                code:  Okeanos Explorer
            description:  Okeanos Explorer
            sponsor:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                organisationName:  NOAA
                positionName:  Operator of Ship
                contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                    address:  (CI_Address)
                        country:  United States
                role:  (CI_RoleCode) sponsor
            instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
                identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                    code:  Kongsberg Simrad EM302
                type:  Multibeam
                description:  The determination of ocean depths or the general configuration of the sea floor as determined by the profile analysis of depth data, using a multibeam, wide-swath echo sounder.
            instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
                identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                    code:  Knudsen 3260 Chirp
                type:  Subbottom/Chirp
                description:  Sub-bottom profiler: 3.5 kHz Chirp