## This file is an example metadata file for use with the ABS Toolbox.
## This file contains metadata for South Carolina mooring 7264.
## Users may add any file attributes they choose, however
## the attribute's description must start at column 20 and not exceed
## column 83.
##
## C. Sullivan, 03/13/06
##
MOORING            7264                                                           ## mooring identifier number
Deployment_date    28-Oct-2003                                                    ## date of instrument deployment
Recovery_date      22-Jan-2004                                                    ## date of instrument recovery
INST_TYPE          Aquatec Aquascat Acoustic Backscatter Sensor                   ## type of instrument and instrument manufacturer
history            ABS files downloaded from instrument                           ## history of the netcdf file
Conventions        PMEL-EPIC                                                      ## variable conventions, ie: EPIC
DATA_SUBTYPE       MOORED                                                         ## description of DATA_TYPE   
DATA_ORIGIN        USC/USGS/WHFC                                                  ## institution responsible for creating the file   
COORD_SYSTEM       GEOGRAPHIC                                                     ## coordinate system of the data   
WATER_MASS         ?                                                              ## water mass flag used for EPIC contouring programs   
POS_CONST          0                                                              ## consistent position flag (=1 not consistent)       
DEPTH_CONST        0                                                              ## consistent depth flag (=1 not consistent)     
WATER_DEPTH        10.6 M                                                         ## water depth in meters from mooring log
WATER_DEPTH_NOTE   Water depth from mooring log                                   ## comment about water depth         
DRIFTER            0                                                              ## drifter flag (=1 if drifter)     
VAR_FILL           1.0000000409184788E35                                          ## missing or bad data value identifier   
EXPERIMENT         Myrtle Beach                                                   ## experiment name         
PROJECT            South Carolina Coastal Erosion Study                           ## project name       
longitude          -78.760                                                        ## instrument location   
latitude           33.707                                                         ## instrument location   
FILL_FLAG          0                                                              ## data fill flag (=1 if data has fill values)        
COMPOSITE          0                                                              ## number of pieces in composite series  
sensor_height      0.9                                                            ## sensor height above the bed in meters, (required)
magnetic_variation -8.22                                                          ## degrees between magnetic and true north at data location, negative is West
input_directory    E:\CSULLIVAN\SOUTH_CAROLINA\DATAFILES\726\7264abs              ## directory with .aqa and .aqf files (required)
output_directory   E:\CSULLIVAN\SOUTH_CAROLINA\DATAFILES\726\7264abs              ## directory to which netCDF output files will be written (required)
metafile_author    C. Sullivan, USGS                                              ## metafile author
metafile           absmetaexample.txt                                             ## metafile name
frequency1         1.035                                                          ## frequency in MHz of 1st transducer, (required)
frequency2         2.535                                                          ## frequency in MHz of 2nd transducer, (required)
frequency3         4.700                                                          ## frequency in MHz of 3rd transducer, (required)
InterBurstTime     60                                                             ## time between bursts, minutes
BurstDuration      20                                                             ## burst duration, minutes
Mode               Fore                                                           ##                     
Gain               Low                                                            ##
RangeBins          All                                                            ##
jumperTVG          On                                                             ## jumper setting
jumperGain         Low                                                            ## jumper setting