README_ecoshuttle.txt

Overview:

 This data set provides towed instrument (ECOSHUTTLE) measurments collected during the Lagrangian Transport and Transformation Experiment (LATTE) from May 01, 2004 through May 06, 2004. The ecoshuttle is an undulating instrument platform so vertical information is included.  Data were collected from the R/V Hatteras and include Salinity, Temperature, Optical Backscatter, CDOM, CHlorophyll and Rodamine Dye concentration. 


Data files are partitioned in the following way:

Data format:

There are two file formats provided, Matlab (*.mat) and ASCII format.

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Variables included in Matlab data files are:
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Name		Description        
 
b		ADCP Backscatter      
bins		Bin Depths(m)
dep		Water Depth(m)
ecocdom		CDOM (V)
ecodens		Density
ecodyec		Dye Concentration (10^-11)
ecodyev		Dye Voltage
ecoflcuva	Fluorometer
ecoflsp		Fluorometer
ecoobs		Optical Backscatter
ecoox		Oxygen
ecooxps		Ox. Percent Saturation
ecosal		Salinity (PPT)
ecotemp		Temperature(C)
lat             Latitude
lon		Longitude
surfcconc	Surface Chlorophyll Conc. (ug/l)
surfcdom	Surface CDOM (V)
surfcvolt	Surface Chl. Voltage	
surfdconc	Surface Dye Concentration
surfdvolt	Surface Dye Voltage
surfobs		Surface Optical Backscatter(V)
surfsal		Surface Salinity
surftemp        Surface Temperature
time		Time (matlab time)
u		E-W Current
udcast		Up/Down cast flat
v		N-S current



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ASCII files are row-column format with columns:
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NO ASCII FILE



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