With respect to data management, FLoSEE is a signature expedition for NOAA’s Ocean Exploration Research (OER) Program and a sanctioned monitoring cruise for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). A dedicated data manager will be responsible for custody of all data sets and products of the expedition and creation of related metadata records. Expected data sets include:
| Source | Sensor | Data |
|---|---|---|
| Ship (bridge) | GPS | Ship’s lat/long and satellites |
| Ship (bridge) | USBL slant range position system | Sub’s lat/long |
| Ship (bridge) | Fathometer | Depth |
| Ship (bridge) | Gyro compass | Ship heading, pitch, roll, yaw |
| Ship (flow-through) | Fluorometer | Chlorophyll a |
| Ship (flow-through) | Fluorometer | DOM |
| Ship (flow-through) | Seabird MicroTSG | Conductivity/Salinity |
| Ship (flow-through) | Seabird MicroTSG | Surface Temperature |
| Submersible | Seabird | Conductivity/Salinity |
| Submersible | Seabird | Temperature |
| Submersible | Altimeter | Depth and altitude above bottom |
| Submersible | Fluorometer | Chlorophyll a |
| Submersible | Fluorometer | Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) |
| Submersible | Fluorometer | Crude oil |
| Submersible | Transmissometer | Water Clarity (turbidity) |
| Submersible | Color video camera | Video |
| Submersible | Digital Still Camera | Digital stills |
| Carousel (rosette) | Seabird | Conductivity/Salinity |
| Carousel (rosette) | Seabird | Temperature |
| Carousel (rosette) | Seabird | Chlorophyll a |
| Carousel (rosette) | Transmissometer | Light attenuation (turbidity) |
| Carousel (rosette) | Seabird | CDOM |
| Carousel (rosette) | Seabird | Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) |
| Carousel (rosette) | Seabird | Depth |
| Carousel (rosette) | Seabird | Dissolved Oxygen |
| MOCNESS | Seabird | Conductivity/salinity |
| MOCNESS | Seabird | Temperature |
| MOCNESS | Seabird | Depth |
| Reports | Sample logs | Sample metadata |
| Reports | Video annotation logs | Dive metadata |
| Reports | Site logs | Site metadata |
| Reports | Quick look | Expedition results |
| Reports | Cruise Summary | Expedition results |
