Intern:Underway Event

Underway events are usually created during expeditions on German research vessels since the year 2015. Every device that measures en-route should have its own underway event (see also https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Intern:Underway_Event#History). If this is not the case, an underway event should be created during curation of en-route/underway data. These events allow for very precise events linked to the data including the device, but also start and end points of measurements.

For general information about Events see: Event

Syntax for Underway Event
Underway events consist of the name of the cruise, followed by "_0_Underway-" and a running number. They have the following syntax: Cruise_0_Underway-# (Please note that in the past sometimes also the syntax "_0_underway-" was used/created on board).

See this expedition event list as an example: https://www.pangaea.de/expeditions/events/MSM102

The runnning number is not always the same for each device, but depending on when a certain device was switched on, they have increasing numbers.

If an underway event does not exist
If you want to archive data from en-route measurements and you do not find an underway event for the device, please add an event (also for data acquired before 2015)! Look if there is already another event and use the next higher number available.

Basic information that should be provided

 * Label, see above: Cruise_0_Underway-#
 * Method, gear used for measurements
 * LATITUDE and LONGITUDE in decimal degree (positive for North, negative for South) are mandatory for georeferenced data. Information about start and endpoint needs to be given. (for bathymetry data it is done, for oceanographic data under debate: Use positions of the first and last datum.)
 * DATE/TIME (ISO-formatYYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss) should be provided. Information about start and endpoint needs to be given. (for bathymetry data it is done, for oceanographic data under debate: Use positions of the first and last datum.)
 * Location, is not provided in this case, since a ship can cross ocean areas during one expedition.
 * Comment may be used to add free text which should be closely event specific (no limit of characters).


 * Additional attributes give the possibility to add more sampling information.
 * Sensor URI gives the link to sensor metadata information stored in Sensor information system https://sensor.awi.de/. This should be provided if available!

History
Underway events were established during MANIDA and are part of the ships DSHIP since around 2015. Since the project DAM- Datenmanagement and digitalisation, these events are used on a regular basis for underway data curation. Before, en-route/underway data was often linked to the "track" event.