diff --git a/fowd/cdip.py b/fowd/cdip.py
index 7086195..e705dd3 100644
--- a/fowd/cdip.py
+++ b/fowd/cdip.py
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+EXTRA_METADATA = dict(
+    contributor_name='CDIP, CDBW/USACE',
+    contributor_role='station operation, station funding',
+    acknowledgment=(
+        'CDIP is supported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the California '
+        'Department of Boating and Waterways (CDBW). The instrument that collected this '
+        'dataset was funded by CDBW/USACE and operated by CDIP.'
+    ),
+)
+
+
 # dataset-specific helpers
 
 def mask_invalid(data):
@@ -263,4 +274,8 @@ def handle_result(i, result, pbar):
     out_file = os.path.join(out_folder, f'fowd_cdip_{station_id}.nc')
     logger.info('Writing output to %s', out_file)
     station_name = f'CDIP_{station_id}'
-    write_records(wave_records, out_file, station_name, include_direction=True)
+
+    write_records(
+        wave_records, out_file, station_name,
+        include_direction=True, extra_metadata=EXTRA_METADATA
+    )
diff --git a/fowd/cli.py b/fowd/cli.py
index 8a11b63..3988f62 100644
--- a/fowd/cli.py
+++ b/fowd/cli.py
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ def run_tests(out_folder):
 
     os.makedirs(out_folder, exist_ok=True)
 
-    click.echo('Running unit tests...')
+    click.echo('Running unit tests ...')
     exit_code = pytest.main([
         '-x',
         os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'tests')
     ])
 
     click.echo('')
-    click.echo('Running sanity checks...')
+    click.echo('Running sanity checks ...')
     run_all(out_folder)
     click.echo(f'Sanity check results written to {out_folder}')
     click.echo(click.style('Make sure to check whether outputs are as expected.', bold=True))
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def postprocess(qc_infile, out_folder):
     if out_folder is None:
         out_folder = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='fowd_qc_')
 
-    click.echo('Plotting sea states...')
+    click.echo('Plotting QC records ...')
     plot_qc(qc_infile, out_folder)
     click.echo(f'Results written to {out_folder}')
 
diff --git a/fowd/output.py b/fowd/output.py
index 6c7f023..f6d082e 100644
--- a/fowd/output.py
+++ b/fowd/output.py
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@
 )
 
 
-def write_records(wave_records, filename, station_name, include_direction=False):
+def write_records(wave_records, filename, station_name, extra_metadata=None,
+                  include_direction=False):
     """Write given records to netCDF4"""
 
     dataset_metadata = dict(
@@ -460,8 +461,6 @@ def write_records(wave_records, filename, station_name, include_direction=False)
         creator_url='https://climate-geophysics.nbi.ku.dk/research/oceanography/',
         creator_email='dion.haefner@nbi.ku.dk',
         institution='Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen',
-        contributor_name='CDIP, CDBW/USACE',
-        contributor_role='station operation, station funding',
         geospatial_lat_units='degrees_north',
         geospatial_lat_resolution=1e-5,
         geospatial_lon_units='degrees_east',
@@ -473,16 +472,12 @@ def write_records(wave_records, filename, station_name, include_direction=False)
         time_coverage_end=str(wave_records['wave_end_time'].max()),
         source='insitu observations',
         license='These data may be redistributed and used without restriction.',
-        acknowledgment=(
-            'CDIP is supported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the California '
-            'Department of Boating and Waterways (CDBW). The instrument that collected this '
-            'dataset was funded by CDBW/USACE and operated by CDIP.'
-        ),
-        comment=(
-            ''
-        ),
     )
 
+    if extra_metadata is not None:
+        for key, val in extra_metadata.items():
+            dataset_metadata[key] = ''.join([dataset_metadata.get(key, ''), str(val)])
+
     dimension_data = (
         # (name, dtype, data)
         ('meta_station_name', str, np.array([np.string_(station_name)])),