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PF0501 from Norfolk, VA to Charleston, SC on the USNS Pathfinder along the US Atlantic continental margin from 2005-04-30 to 2005-05-30
 (MI_Metadata)
    fileIdentifier:  PF0501
    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:  PF0501 from Norfolk, VA to Charleston, SC on the USNS Pathfinder along the US Atlantic continental margin from 2005-04-30 to 2005-05-30
            date:  (CI_Date)
                date:  2005-05-30
                dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode) creation
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  PF0501
        abstract:  PF0501 was one of a series of cruises aimed at collecting high-resolution seafloor mapping data in areas along the US Atlantic continental margin 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 - US Atlantic 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:  Atlantic
            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
        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:  -76.9892
                eastBoundLongitude:  -72.3994
                southBoundLatitude:  28.0876
                northBoundLatitude:  35.1698
        extent:  (EX_Extent)
            description:  Cruise Start and End
            temporalElement:  (EX_SpatialTemporalExtent)
                extent:
                  TimeInstant:
                    timePosition:  2005-04-30
                spatialExtent:  (EX_GeographicDescription)
                    geographicIdentifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                        authority:  (CI_Citation)
                            title:  University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Port Table
                            date: (unknown)
                        code:  Norfolk
            temporalElement:  (EX_SpatialTemporalExtent)
                extent:
                  TimeInstant:
                    timePosition:  2005-05-30
                spatialExtent:  (EX_GeographicDescription)
                    geographicIdentifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                        authority:  (CI_Citation)
                            title:  University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Port Table
                            date: (missing)
                        code:  Charleston
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    acquisitionInformation:  (MI_AcquisitionInformation)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  USNS Pathfinder 60
            description:  USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60)
            sponsor:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                organisationName:  Military Sealift Command
                positionName:  Operator of Ship
                contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                    address:  (CI_Address)
                        country:  United States
                role:  (CI_RoleCode) sponsor
            sponsor:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                organisationName:  United States Navy
                positionName:  Owner of Ship
                contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                    address:  (CI_Address)
                        country:  United States
                role:  (CI_RoleCode) owner
            instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
                identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                    code:  Kongsberg Simrad EM121A
                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:  ODEC Bathy2000
                type:  Subbottom/Chirp
                description:  Sub-bottom profiler: 3.5 kHz Chirp