Research Cruise Planning & Management, 15 - 19 October 2018. OTGA Training Course RCPM2018BE.

Abstract

This course provided an overview of requirements for organizing a Research Cruise within a project and/or submitting a request for ship time. The course took place mainly in a classroom but included a visit to a Marine station and a research vessel, where participants were introduced to sampling equipment and marine research infrastructure used for onboard research, including demonstrations of the use and maintenance of marine sampling equipment, oceanographic (biological, chemical and physical data) sampling, data collection and data management. -----------------

Aims and Objectives: Promoting organisational skills to enable leading and/or participating in a research cruise ; Provide the tools to ensure cost effective use of ship time; Promote best practices for data collection and storage. -----------------

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