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ADCP Tools Version 3.0
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TopicsWhere can I find the old ADCP tools for MATLAB 4.0?Rdi2cdf doesn't work. Will rdi2cdf.m work on my narrowband data? Beam to earth conversions do not exactly match BBLIST output. Where is my bottom ping data? How accurate is the Beam to Earth rotation? |
Where can I find the old ADCP tools for MATLAB 4.0?I am no longer actively supporting them, and there are some bugs which have been eliminated in the latest version for MATLAB 5.0. |
Rdi2cdf doesn't work.Are you on a Sun workstation? Rodolphe Rousselet (rous@shom.fr) of EPSHOM - France has contributed a patch that should eliminate fread problems on Sun workstations, download my_fread.m, a new version of fread.m. |
Will rdi2cdf.m work on my narrowband data?No. However, there are enough narrowband users out there who seem to like this concept that I have already heard from some folks interested in porting the code. Let me know if you want to help, and can put everyone in touch with one another. |
Beam to earth conversions do not exactly match BBLIST output.For data recorded in beam format: The beam2earth function does not yet include transducer and compass calibration adjustments. The conversion from beam to earth agrees within 1.18 mm/s with BBLIST output.If your data was recorded in earth coordinates, you have nothing to worry about (if the compass and tilt sensors did their jobs well). |
Where is my bottom ping data?Since this code is written for bottom mounted, long term, time-series measurements, bottom ping data is ignored. The code doesn't seem to choke on data with bottom pings, but since my work is always self contained, I can't be sure. Perhaps someone can help out with this? |
How accurate is the Beam to Earth rotation algorithm?Accurate enough to provide a general idea if the instrument is working correctly. I would not recommend using it for scientific analysis at this time because it does not use beam mapping and does not make use of the transducer calibration matrix. |
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