Parameter: cruisename

Parameter: 
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 cruise_name
Short Description:
 cruise name
Official Name:
 Cruise Name
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

The cruise_name is a local name chosen by project investigators for a research expedition on a vessel, as opposed to the formal/official cruise ID asserted by the vessel operator.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
cruisename
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
NaN
Description: 

The EXPO number is listed first, followed by a more colloquial cruise name, followed by the ship name, separated by semicolons. In Matlab file, formatted as cell array of strings.