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About UNOLS:
Page updated: November 7, 2008
What is UNOLS?
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory
System (UNOLS) is an organization of 61 academic
institutions and National Laboratories involved in oceanographic research
and joined for the purpose of coordinating oceanographic ships' schedules
and research facilities.
The original UNOLS Charter was written in
1972 and most recently revised in 2004. As of May 1, 2000, the office
for UNOLS is located at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
in Moss Landing, California.
Why UNOLS? Former Chairman Ken Johnson has written a white paper entitled
"The University - National Oceanographic
Laboratory System: Celebrating 25 Years as the Nation's Premier Oceanographic
Research Fleet".
One of the primary functions of UNOLS is to ensure the efficient scheduling
of scientific cruises aboard the 22 research vessels located at 17 operating
institutions in the UNOLS organization. Both current and future schedules
for these ships are available through the UNOLS scheduling link on this
page. A searchable database of world wide research vessel schedules can
be found on OCEANIC, an on-line information system of the Ocean Information
Center at the University of Delaware. OCEANIC can be accessed on the World
Wide Web at http://www.researchvessels.org/.