Cruise Header

BP = Beginning Position, SL = string length, NDT= Number of data types (ROSCOP)

NCO = Number of comment lines (textual information on the cruise)

M=Mandatory NB=No Blank O=Optional

LINE	FIELD	DESCRIPTION	BP	SL	TYPE
1	1st character	*	1	1	char	M
	cruise id.	MEDATLAS reference	2	13	char	M
	cruise name	originator cruise name/ref.	16	32	char	M
	ship code	standardised WDCA/ICES/IOC code	49	4	char	M
	ship name	full ship name	54	25	char	M
2	start date	DD/MM/YYYY	1	10	char	M
	end date	DD/MM/YYYY	12	10	char	M
	region name	GF3 table	23	35	char	M
3	country code	Source laboratory country code	1	2	char	M
3	address	Laboratory, institution, town	4	75	char	NB
4	name	chief scientist full name	1	40	char	NB
	key word	'Project='	42	8	char	M
	project	name of the project	50	28	char	O
5	key	'Regional Archiving='	1	19	char	O
	data centre	regional archiving centre code	21	2	char	M
	key word	'Availability='	42	13	char	O
	availability	Data confidentiality code (P/L/C)	55	1	char	O
5+1 TO 5+NDT	key word	'Data Type='	1	10	char	M
	ROSCOP code	ROSCOP code of the data type	11	3	char	M
	key word	'n='	15	2	char	M
	number	number of profiles for the type	17	4	num	M
	key word	'QC='	22	3	char	M
	QC	Y/N (Yes or No)	25	1	char	M
6+NDT	key word	'COMMENT'	1	7	char	O
........	........	........
5+NDT+NCO	key word	any other cruise information	1	80	char	O

Important:

Only the first line of the cruise header begins with a '" * ".

If the originator cruise name is mission, find an appropriate cruise name ex SHIP NAME YEAR or repeat the reference

Ship codes are given by ICES; ship codes already existing are on the server:

www.ices.dk/ocean/codes/
if not exists, request one to: susanne@ices.dk

	The region is from the IHB nomenclature, country codes, ship codes and ship names, confidentiality and ROSCOP codes should follow strictly the codes given in §3.
	For the codes, see §3
	NB request to be filled with "UNKNOWN" if no information available
	The number of lines with ROSCOP codes is not limited, but should include the code of the file data type and the number behind is the number of this type of profiles
	After "COMMENT" it is possible to include as many comment lines as useful, especially to keep information of the sensor types etc.
	The original file name should be keep in the comments

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