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Appendix 1: Progress Report Information

For NOAA ISD, the table below shows the information required to be in the Weekly Progress Reports as described in Survey Progress. 

Name Format/Example Note
Project Unique ID OPR-X123-KR-24  
Survey Unique ID H12345  
Reporting Begin MM/DD/YYYY First day of the reporting period
Reporting End MM/DD/YYYY Last day of the reporting period
Fieldwork Begin MM/DD/YYYY First day of data acquisition for the survey*
* First day of acquisition for the survey, not the first day of acquisition within each reporting period. Thus, this value will remain the same for each reporting period once the survey has commenced.
Final Report Date MM/DD/YYYY Last day of data acquisition for the survey *
* Includes all types of data acquisition (e.g. holiday fill-in, physical seabed samples).
  1. Total
  2. The sum of the following metrics of all vessels over the current reporting period
Linear Nautical Mile #.## The number of linear nautical miles surveyed
Square Nautical Mile #.## The number of square nautical miles surveyed
Sensor Time HH.HH The total time spent recording raw sensor data
Positioning Time HH.HH The total time spent recording positioning data
Acquisition Time HH Estimate of vessel underway time*
* This value will be similar to the Positioning Time but it is manually entered instead of automatically ingested from the Positioning data. It includes transit (to/from working grounds), turns, ancillary data acquisition, etc.).
Down Time HH Estimate of time the vessel was not underway as planned.
  1. Utilization
  2. Metrics which describe when and how each vessel was used over the reporting period. The order must be by vessel, and then by day.
Vessel Name/Number   Vessels must have standardized names that are used consistently
Date MM/DD/YYYY Date the vessel was utilized for acquisition
Linear Nautical Miles #.## The number of linear nautical miles surveyed by the vessel indicated above
Square Nautical Miles #.## The number of square nautical miles surveyed by the vessel indicated above
Sensor Time HH.HH The total time spent recording raw sensor data by the vessel indicated above
Positioning Time HH.HH The total time spent recording positioning data by the vessel indicated above
Acquisition Time HH Estimate of underway time for the vessel indicated above*
* This value will be similar to the Positioning Time but it is manually entered instead of automatically ingested from the Positioning data. It includes transit (to/from working grounds), turns, ancillary data acquisition, etc.).
Down Time HH Estimate of time not underway as planned for the vessel indicated above
Down Reason
  1. The reason the vessel did not acquire data for the hours planned. Categories include:
  • Survey Equipment
  • Mechanical
  • Personnel
  • Weather
  • Transit
  • Mobilization
  • Demobilization
  • Other
Comment Any other information not captured in the existing attributes. For example, anything out of the ordinary that might explain why the Sensor Time is low in comparison to the Positioning Time.
Last Week Activities A brief narrative summarizing all activities of the past week. This must include all activities related to mobilization/demobilization, data acquisition and processing, and any issue which could impact requirements or milestones (e.g. significant delays due to weather or equipment failures).
Next Week Activities A brief narrative summarizing anticipated activities for the next week. This must include all activities related to mobilization/demobilization, data acquisition and processing, and any issue which could impact requirements or milestones (e.g. significant delays due to weather or equipment failures).