Authoritative sources for cruise metadata

Possible sources of cruise metadata:

US Academic Fleet cruise metadata; routine underway sensor data; links to post-cruise, processed data:
R2R server:  http://www.rvdata.us/catalog/

WHOI Vessel shipboard data sources:

WHOI DLA:
Search catalog for cruise ID: http://dla.whoi.edu/catalog/catalog_terms/cruises
http://dlacruisedata.whoi.edu/

DLA -> WHOI Research Cruise Databases:
http://dlaweb.whoi.edu/DIG_RES/cruises.html

Archival Cruise Database
http://www.marine.whoi.edu/CrusData.nsf?OpenDatabase

Embargoed data (need Chi Sci OK and uname/pwd):
http://dlaembargodata.whoi.edu/KN/
http://dlaembargodata.whoi.edu/OC/
http://dlaembargodata.whoi.edu/AT/

WHOI ships cruise synopses:
http://www.marine.whoi.edu/oc_synop.nsf?OpenDatabase
http://www.marine.whoi.edu/at_synop.nsf?OpenDatabase
http://www.marine.whoi.edu/kn_synop.nsf?OpenDatabase

By Voyage - click on voyage for cruise synopsis

WHOI Ships & Technology:
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=50240

WHOI SSSG site:
http://www.sssg.whoi.edu/sssg/
or http://sssg1.whoi.edu/sssg/
includes the SSSG annual schedule with tech names assigned to cruises

UNOLS Schedules:
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=8137
Avoid using the UNOLS ship schedules. Those are not updated.

UNOLS:  http://www.unols.org/
UNOLS Vessels Schedules and Information:
http://strs.unols.org/public/Search/diu_all_schedules.aspx
Note: as of 2013, only abbreviated versions of the ship schedules are publicly available from UNOLS.  Vessel operators maintain the schedule for their vessels.

OCEANIC database - international research vessel schedules
http://www.researchvessels.org/ship_gen.asp
search for year and ship
- lists dates/ports, award number, chi sci name, and cruise purpose keyword