Intern:Expedition archiving

Preface
There are a variety of research vessels operating under the german flag, the larger ones being: POLARSTERN, METEOR, SONNE, MARIA S MERIAN, POSEIDON, ALKOR and HEINCKE (see also: Research Vessels). Due to the fact that every vessel is operated by a different institute, the assembly of cruise metadata (cruise reports, station lists) in one central database is a great challenge. PANGAEA® - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science therefore aims at creating a central archive for current and former cruise metadata. The resulting lists are publicly available and offer information on the date/time, area, chief scientist, etc. of the cruises, as well as links to the cruise reports and station lists.


 * updated list of the research vessel POLARSTERN: POLARSTERN


 * updated list of the research vessel SONNE: SONNE
 * updated list of the research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN: MERIAN
 * updated list of the research vessel METEOR: METEOR
 * updated list of the research vessel POSEIDON: POSEIDON

Overview page with more ship lists: https://www.pangaea.de/PHP/CruiseReports.php

Workflow - create issues/sub-tasks
The curator responsible for assembling and archving the cruise metadata uses the PANGAEA issue tracker (https://issues.pangaea.de/secure/Dashboard.jspa, see also Ticket System). A curator log-in is required to enter the respective project Expedition Archiving.

Overview of all projects in the PANGAEA issue tracker:

To get an overview of open Expedition Archiving issues and open Station List issues, you can open the jira dashboard called "Expeditions" owned by Pina Springer.

An overview up to which cruise Expedition Archiving issues, Station Lists issues and Campaign entries in 4D are available can be found here: Expedition Archiving Status

For every new expedition of the upper mentioned reasearch vessels, a ticket/issue has to be created, consisting of the central Expedition issue and several sub-tasks such as the Report sub-task and the Station list sub-task.

Expedition issue

 * Click on + Create Issue
 * Choose Project: Expedition Archiving
 * Choose Issue Type: Expedition
 * Insert Summary in the form of "vessel campaign": e.g. Meteor M99 or Sonne SO229
 * Insert Expedition label (CAUTION - case sensitive!), e.g. M99, SO229 or POS483 - please be extra careful to insert the correct label, cross-check with earlier expediton issues
 * Insert Platform label (CAUTION - case sensitive!), e.g. Meteor, Polarstern or Sonne - most labels already exist and should not have to be created! Be careful to start with a capital letter!
 * Insert Start and End date of the cruise
 * Insert Description for the Expedition, e.g. chief scientist
 * Choose an Assignee
 * If necessary, change the Reporter
 * Click on Create



An example of a newly created expedition issue can be found on the right side.

As a comment, you can optionally add more information, such as the chief scientist (including contact information) or the departure/arrival date. This may help you or others to determine where the cruise report or station list can be obtained from and when it might be available at the earliest.



Report and Station List sub-task
To insert a sub-task into the expedition issue you have to click on More Actions - Create Sub-Task
 * Choose Issue Type: Report for the Cruise Report or Station list for the Station List
 * Insert a Summary, e.g. Cruise Report M99 or Station list M99
 * Choose the Assignee, currently AWI curators for POLARSTERN cruises, Hela Mehrtens for cruises headed by the GEOMAR, Lydia Gerullis for cruises headed by the University of Bremen/MARUM (see Personnel). Another option is to assign the sub-task directly to the chief scientist; however, this is only possible if the chief scientist is already registered as a user in PANGAEA.
 * If necessary, change the Reporter
 * A Description is required and could contain the date of the cruise
 * If a station list or cruise report already exists, it can be uploaded as an Attachment
 * Click on Create

An example of an expedition issue with two sub-tasks can be found on the right side. As you can see in this picture, it can now easily be seen in the overview if the sub-tasks are still open or if they are already resolved. If both sub-tasks are resolved, you can also resolve the epedition issue.

Workflow - handling the sub-tasks
When you have created an Expedition issue and the Report/Station List sub-task, the Assignee has to do the following:
 * Report sub-task: Obtain the cruise report (pdf/a format), create a Reference in 4D and link the Reference to the respective Campaign (= Expedition) in 4D
 * Station List sub-task: Import the station list into 4D (for more information see Station Lists or Event)

Cruise reports are published in various journals, an overview is given here:
 * Berichte_zur_Polar-_und_Meeresforschung, published by the AWI (see also here), since 2022 new Präfix: 10.57738 and published via epic/DataCite
 * METEOR_Berichte, published by the Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe (ex Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, ex DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie)
 * MARIA_S._MERIAN_Berichte, published by the Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe (ex Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, ex DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie)
 * SONNE_Berichte, published by the the Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe (ex Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, ex DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie)
 * HEINCKE_Berichte, published by the Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe (ex Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, ex DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie)
 * EM_Borghese_Berichte, published by the Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe (ex Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, ex DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie)
 * OLD: Berichte_aus_dem_MARUM_und_dem_Fachbereich_Geowissenschaften_der_Universität_Bremen, published by the MARUM and the University of Bremen => no more CR here
 * OLD: GEOMAR_Reports, published by the GEOMAR
 * GEOMAR_Reports_N.ser, published by the GEOMAR

Others are not published in a special report, but are available online:
 * ALKOR cruise reports, provided by the GEOMAR
 * POSEIDON cruise reports, provided by the GEOMAR => no more CR, vessel was decommissioned
 * Short cruise reports of MARIA_S._MERIAN, provided by the "Control Station German Research Vessels"
 * Short cruise reports of METEOR, provided by the "Control Station German Research Vessels"
 * Short cruise reports of SONNE 2, provided by the "Control Station German Research Vessels"
 * R/V Melville, see: http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/search?f%5Bcreator_sim%5D%5B%5D=R%2FV+Melville&id=bb0756028p

Station lists can be obtained from D-Ship http://dship.bsh.de/ - however, a log-in is needed to enter. The station list documentation can be found here: Intern:Station lists
 * POSEIDON station lists are uploaded to PANGAEA by Hela Mertens (GEOMAR) => Poseidon is decommissioned.
 * Station lists of cruises led by the University of Bremen/Marum are uploaded by Lydia Gerullis (most of these stations additionally have GeoB numbers)
 * POLARSTERN station lists are uploaded by AWI/DAM curators
 * all other station lists are uploaded by Amelie Driemel (AWI) or Marianne Rehage
 * See also: Intern:Team expertises/responsibilities

Cruise lists of Polarstern, Meteor, Maria S. Merian, Sonne and Poseidon
The lists are updated automatically by the respective updates in 4D
 * POLARSTERN
 * SONNE (2)
 * SONNE (1)
 * MERIAN
 * METEOR
 * POSEIDON