Information provided by: Shipboard Meteorological System MetAcq Operator’s Manual Shipboard Technical Support Revision 1.26a 24 May 2003 http://www.hlsresearch.com/KauaiEx/MET/docs/MetAcq.htm Each data point has a 2 character ID to identify it. There is also a third character to help clarify the type of data. E.g. +25.3,AT0 (air temperature, calibrations not applied). Underway_Raw.txt Variables: $WICOR Data Corrected DDMMYY HHMMSS WS Wind Speed WD Wind Direction TW True Wind Speed M/S TI True Wind Direction Deg WS Wind Speed WD Wind Direction TW True Wind Speed M/S TI True Wind Direction Deg AT Air Temperature Deg C BP Barometric Pressure mb RH Relative Humidity %RH RT Air Temp (RH module) Deg C DP Dew Point Deg C PR Precipitation mm LD LWR Dome Temperature Deg K LB LWR Body Temperature Deg K LT LWR Thermopile Volts LW Long Wave Radiation W/M^2 (Pyranometer) SW Short Wave Radiation W/M^2 (Pyranometer) PA Surface PAR uE/Second/Meter^2 ST Sea Surface Temperature Deg C TT SBE21 Temperature Deg C TC SBE21 Conductivity mS/m SA Salinity PSU SD Sigma-t Kg/m^3 SV Sound Vel (Chen/Millero) M/S FL Fluorometer ug/l FI USW Flow Meter LPM BT Bottom Depth Meters LA Latitude Decimal format Deg LO Longitude Decimal format Deg GT GPS Time of Day GMT Secs 0-86400 CR Ships Course (GPS COG) Deg SP Ships Speed (GPS SOG) Knts ZD GPS DateTime GMT Secs Since 00:00:00 01/01/1970 GA GS GY Ships Heading (Gyrocompass) Deg SL Ships Speed (Speed Longitude) Knts SX SH Ashtech Heading Deg SM Ashtech Pitch Deg SR Ashtech Roll Deg ZO Winch Cable ZS Winch Speed ZT Winch Tension IP IV IA9*77, Event_Num CalCOFI Event# Appended Each data point has a 2 character ID to identify it. There is also a third character to help clarify the type of data. E.g. +25.3,AT0 (air temperature, calibrations not applied). 0 - Calibration coefficients not applied 1 - Calibration coefficients applied in Sensor Module 2 - Calibration coefficients applied in Acquisition computer 3 - Calibration coefficients applied in Sensor Module and Acquisition computer 7 - Data Out of Range 8 - Data is Emulated (Not Real) 9 - Data invalid Underway_Final.txt Variables: DATE_UTC DDMMYY TIME_UTC HHMMSS LA Latitude Decimal format Deg LO Longitude Decimal format Deg ST Sea Surface Temperature Deg C SA Salinity PSU FL Fluorometer ug/l FI USW Flow Meter LPM CAL_T Calculated Temperature CAL_S Calculated Salinity CAL_C Calculated Chlorophyll A