Example CruisePlan YAML Configuration
This example shows a complete CruisePlan configuration with all major components: cruise metadata, points (CTD stations/moorings), lines (scientific transects), areas (survey boxes), and operational legs with port definitions.
# CruisePlan YAML Configuration
# This example demonstrates the current v0.3.6+ configuration format
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# CRUISE METADATA
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cruise_name: Example_Cruise_2024
description: Example oceanographic cruise in North Atlantic
default_vessel_speed: 10.0
start_date: '2024-06-15T08:00:00Z'
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# POINTS - CTD stations, moorings, sampling locations
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points:
- name: STN_001
latitude: 60.46082
longitude: -57.33108
operation_type: ctd
action: profile
operation_depth: 2000.0
water_depth: 2930.7
comment: Deep CTD station on continental slope
- name: STN_002
latitude: 59.03237
longitude: -52.36839
operation_type: ctd
action: profile
operation_depth: 3000.0
water_depth: 3499.6
comment: Abyssal plain station
- name: MOOR_A
latitude: 59.75000
longitude: -54.80000
operation_type: mooring
action: deployment
duration: 120.0
comment: Autonomous sensor deployment
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# LINES - Scientific transects, ADCP surveys
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lines:
- name: Transit_Survey
operation_type: underway
action: adcp
vessel_speed: 8.0
comment: ADCP transect between stations
route:
- latitude: 60.11164
longitude: -56.20857
- latitude: 57.41345
longitude: -51.39357
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# AREAS - Survey boxes, multibeam mapping
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areas:
- name: Seamount_Survey
operation_type: survey
action: bathymetry
duration: 480.0
comment: High-resolution multibeam mapping
corners:
- latitude: 59.20696
longitude: -49.05993
- latitude: 61.34964
longitude: -54.17032
- latitude: 57.04840
longitude: -55.02697
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# OPERATIONAL LEGS - Defines cruise segments and routing
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legs:
- name: North_Atlantic_Survey
departure_port:
name: Reykjavik
display_name: Reykjavik, Iceland
operation_type: port
action: mob
latitude: 64.1466
longitude: -21.9426
arrival_port:
name: St_Johns
display_name: St. John's, Newfoundland
operation_type: port
action: demob
latitude: 47.5615
longitude: -52.7126
first_activity: STN_001
last_activity: Seamount_Survey
activities:
- STN_001
- Transit_Survey
- MOOR_A
- STN_002
- Seamount_Survey