| Moored ADCP data from the Fixed Station cruises of the TRANSPORT program collected from the R/V Hugh R. Sharp cruises in the Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay during 2011-2012 (TRANSPORT project) | ADCP heading in degrees magnetic from internal compass
| heading_M |
| Moored ADCP data from the Fixed Station cruises of the TRANSPORT program collected from the R/V Hugh R. Sharp cruises in the Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay during 2011-2012 (TRANSPORT project) | ADCP heading in degrees true. Local magnetic variation applied to Heading_M (mv=-11.2)
| heading_T |
| Alongtrack data collected continuously by the ship's underway acquisition system from ARSV Laurence M. Gould cruise LMG1110 in the Southern Ocean in 2011 | The ship's heading, measured by the Gyroscope. Name changed from "Gyro Heading" to "head" during data processing.
| head |
| Alongtrack data collected continuously by the ship's underway acquisition system from R/V Knorr cruise KN207-01 in the southern tip of Nova Scotia to Bermuda in 2012 (SargassoSeaLipids project) | Ship's heading (degrees true); this is the ship's primary heading data. Originally named 'HDT'.
| head |
| Alongtrack data collected continuously by the ship's underway acquisition system from R/V Knorr cruise KN207-03 in the North Atlantic (transect from Ponta Delgada, Azores to Reykjavik, Iceland) in 2012 (NA-VICE project) | The ship's primary heading data. Originally named 'HDT'.
| head |
| Alongtrack data from ship's Data Acquisition System (DAS) from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN277 in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean in 2012 (POWOW project) | Gyro compass heading
| head |
| Data collected daily along the ship track in JGOFS format from ARSV Laurence M. Gould and RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises to the Southern Ocean from 2001-2003 as part of the Southern Ocean GLOBEC project. | The ship's heading, measured by the Gyroscope.
| head |
| Environmental data collected along the track of NBP 10-02 to the W Antarctic Peninsula from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP1002 in the Western Antarctic Peninsula from March to May 2010 (Antarctic_micronek project) | The ship's heading, measured by the Gyroscope.
| Head |
| Alongtrack data from R/V Atlantis AT15-61 in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific from January 2010 (Syne_ETSP project) | Ship's heading
| head |
| Data collected daily along the ship track in from the LMG0602 cruise on ARSV Laurence M. Gould in the Southern Ocean from February to March 2006 (SouthernSalps project) | The ship's heading, measured by the gyro.
| head |
| Benthic cover quadrat observations and photos from the West coast of Leyte, the Philippines in the municipalities of Albuera and Bay Bay City, 2014-2017 | compass orientation travelled on the transect. degrees (0-360)
| Heading |
| Birds from the Northern California Current observed from the R/V New Horizon during NH0005 and NH0007 in the Northeast Pacific in 2000 (NEP project) | Ship course given as compass direction to the nearest 10 degrees,divided by 10. (e.g., a course of 180 degrees is recorded as 18).
| head_c |
| Underway pCO2 from GO System from NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown cruise RB-08-02 in the Southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean near South Georgia Island in 2008 (SO_GasEx project) | Ship's heading from the ship's computer system in degrees (0 =North; 90 = East; etc)
| SHIP_HEADING_TRUE |
| Cruise track from NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown cruise RB-08-02 in the Southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean near South Georgia Island in 2008 (SO_GasEx project) | Gyro
| GYRO |
| Current Velocity data from an artificial reef in Jupiter, FL acquired with an ADCP from July 18 until December 4, 2020. | Heading
| Heading |
| Deployment, environmental, and larval behavior information from drifting in situ chamber (DISC) deployments in Southwater Caye, Belize between June and August of 2016 | The bearing of the individual larva relative to the direction of the current; calculated from the drift direction and the individual bearing (mean variable)
| current_bearing |
| Deployment, environmental, and larval behavior information from drifting in situ chamber (DISC) deployments in Southwater Caye, Belize between June and August of 2016 | The bearing of the individual larva relative to the direction of the wind; calculated from the wind direction and the individual bearing (mean variable)
| wind_bearing |
| Deployment, environmental, and larval behavior information from drifting in situ chamber (DISC) deployments in Southwater Caye, Belize between June and August of 2016 | The zenith angle of the sun - calculated from the date; time; and position of the deployment
| zenith |
| Hourly means for DMS flux, transfer velocity, and associated variables from NOAA Ship Ronald H. Browncruise RB-08-02 in the Southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean near South Georgia Island in 2008 (SO_GasEx project) | Ship gyro heading in degrees
| Gyro |
| Tidal water velocities in Groves Creek salt marsh, Skidaway Island Georgia, USA, 2013-2014 | compass direction (0 being north, 90 being east, etc.)
| heading |
| Nereus dive bottom navigation in the Kermadec Trench calculated from course, speed and distance from origin, April/May 2014 | Compass vector degrees of the vehicle
| Heading |
| Nereus dive geo-referenced megafaunal transect data from the Kermadec Trench during cruise TN309 on RV/Thompson, May 2014 | compass vector degrees of the vehicle
| Heading |
| ADCP data from the South Atlantic Bight (SAB) continental shelf off Long Bay (Mooring #1) at 30 meters collected from January to April in 2012 (Long Bay Wintertime Bloom project) | direction of movement; compass heading
| heading |
| ADCP data from the South Atlantic Bight (SAB) continental shelf off Long Bay (Mooring #2) at 76 meters collected from January to April in 2012 (Long Bay Wintertime Bloom project) | direction of movement; compass heading
| heading |
| ADCP data from the South Atlantic Bight (SAB) continental shelf off Long Bay (Mooring #3) at 171 meters collected from December 2011 to April 2012 (Long Bay Wintertime Bloom project) | direction of movement; compass heading
| heading |
| Temperature, salinity, O2, velocity, and headings from R/V Challenger cruise LIS0507 in the Long Island Sound in 2007 | Compass heading in degrees from true North.
| compass_head |
| MIDAS data from R/V Pelican cruises PE03-NGOMEX, PE04-NGOMEX, PE06-NGOMEX, PE07-NGOMEX, PE09-05, PE11-06 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 28-30N 89-94W; 2003-2010 (GoMX NGOMEX project) | Heading
| Heading |
| Underway data from R/V New Horizon NH1208 in the transect between 35 and 50N along CLIVAR line P17N from 2012-2012 (OAPS project) | ship's heading (gyrocompass)
| head |
| Alongtrack data collected continuously by the ship's underway acquisition system from R/V Oceanus OC473 in the western North Atlantic, 35-50 degrees North in 2011 (OAPS project) | The ship's heading obtained from primary true heading source (gyro). Name changed from 'HDT' during processing.
| head |
| Shipboard Standard Underway from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP1005 in the Amundsen Sea, South Pacific Sector of Antarctica, Southern Ocean 73 S 115 W from 2010-2011 (ASPIRE project) | Gyro Heading (azimuth)
| HDG |
| Alongtrack data from RV/Tioga cruise TI668, full water-column to the Wilkinson Basin, Gulf of Maine, May 2013 (Gulf of Maine Pteropods project, GoME OA Pteropods project) | The ship's heading obtained from true heading source (gyro). Name changed from 'HDT' during processing.
| head |
| Alongtrack data from RV/Tioga cruise TI700 to the Gulf of Maine, August 2013 (Gulf of Maine Pteropods project) | The ship's heading obtained from true heading source (gyro). Name changed from 'HDT' during processing.
| head |
| Alongtrack data from RV/Tioga cruise TI715 to the Gulf of Maine, October 2013 (Gulf of Maine Pteropods project) | The ship's heading obtained from true heading source (gyro). Name changed from 'HDT' during processing.
| head |
| Alongtrack data from R/V Tioga TI725 in the Gulf of Maine from January 2014 (Gulf of Maine Pteropods project) | The ship's heading obtained from true heading source (gyro). Name changed from 'HDT' during processing.
| head |
| Alongtrack data from R/V Tioga TI729 in the Gulf of Maine from January 2014 (Gulf of Maine Pteropods project) | The ship's heading obtained from true heading source (gyro). Name changed from 'HDT' during processing.
| head |
| Alongtrack data from RV/Tioga cruise TI746 to the Gulf of Maine, April 2014 (Gulf of Maine Pteropods project) | The ship's heading obtained from true heading source (gyro). Name changed from 'HDT' during processing.
| head |
| Underway Data Acquisition System (UDAS) data from R/V Point Sur cruise PS1312 along the Central California coast from June to July of 2013 (Diatom Group Si Prod project) | Ashtech Instrument
| Ashtech_Heading |
| Underway Data Acquisition System (UDAS) data from R/V Point Sur cruise PS1312 along the Central California coast from June to July of 2013 (Diatom Group Si Prod project) | Ship's Gyroscoe heading (average of raw)
| Average_Raw_Gyro |
| Underway Data Acquisition System (UDAS) data from R/V Point Sur cruise PS1312 along the Central California coast from June to July of 2013 (Diatom Group Si Prod project) | Ship's Gyroscope heading
| Gyro_Heading |
| Underway determinations (includes Fe) from R/V Kaiyo-Maru cruise KY0103-02 from the Northwestern Sub-Arctic Pacific in 2001 (SEEDS I project) | Ship's heading in degrees
| heading |
| Underway data from R/V Atlantis AT26-15 in the Gulf of Mexico from May 2014 (SEEPC project) | Ship's heading
| head |
| Underway data from cruise R/V Endeavor EN531 in the Blake Ridge, Cape Fear Diapir from Aug. 2013 (SEEPC project) | heading
| head1 |
| Underway MET data from R/V New Horizon cruise NH1008 in Monterey Bay, near MBARI buoy M1 (36.747?N, 122.022?W); 2010 (GATEKEEPERS project) | Ships Heading (Gyrocompass)
| GY |
| Underway MET data from R/V New Horizon cruise NH1008 in Monterey Bay, near MBARI buoy M1 (36.747?N, 122.022?W); 2010 (GATEKEEPERS project) | Ashtech Heading
| SH |
| Underway data from cruise Atlantis 2101 from R/V Oceanus OC471-02 in the Blake Ridge, Cape Fear Diapir from August 2011 (SEEPC project) | Ship's heading obtained from primary true heading source (ship's gyro)
| head |
| Underway data from estuary transects in Coastal Gulf of Maine (Pleasant, Maine; St. John, New Brunswick) in May and October of 2018 and 2019 | Heading of vessel
| heading |
| Underway data from USCGC Healy cruise HLY1202 from the Arctic, North of Alaska in 2012 (OA - Canada Basin project) | $PASHR POSMV Ship heading (angular distance from 0 (North); clockwise through 360; 1 minute average)
| heading |
| Underway MET data collected on the GLOBEC LTOP cruise NH0307A aboard R/V New Horizon in the Northeast Pacific in 2003 | Ship's heading (gyro compass) in degrees. Originally named 'GY'.
| head |
| Video transects (Wood Fall project) | Heading in degrees the ROV is transited on
| heading |
| Honey Badger (Wave Glider) tracking data from the Automatic Identification Sensor (AIS) collected in the North Pacific gyre in 2015 (MAGI project) | Heading
| Heading |
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