For Nortek ADCP data file products (MAT and netCDF formats)

Ensemble Period:

When selecting any of the ensemble periods, this option will cause the search to perform the standard box-car average resampling on the data. 'Boxes' of time are defined based on the ensemble period, e.g. starting every 15 minutes on the 15s, with the time stamp given as the center of the 'box'. Acoustic pings that occur within that box are averaged and the summary statistics are updated. This process is often called 'ping averaging'. The process uses log scale averaging on the intensity data, which involves backing out the logarithmic scale, compute the weighted average, and then compute the logarithmic scale again. Weighted averages are used when raw files bridge an ensemble period and when the data is already an ensemble or ping average.

New files are started when the maximum records per file is exceeded (usually set to make files that will use less than 1 GB of memory when loaded), or when there is a configuration, device or site changes. In the case where there is data from either side of a configuration change within the one ensemble period, two files will be produced with the same ensemble period, with the same time stamps, but different data. Users may use the ensemble statistics on the number of pings or samples per ensemble to filter out ensembles that do not have enough data. (As an aside, we do this by default with clean averaged scalar data - each ensemble period needs to have at least 70% of it's expected data to be reported as good.)

The default value is no averaging, meaning the data is not altered. This option is only available for MAT and NETCDF files.

File-name mode field

Selecting an ensemble period will add 'Ensemble' followed by the ensemble period. For example '-Ensemble600s'.

Velocity Bin-mapping (tilt compensation EX)

For all Nortek ADCP data products (PNG/PNG and MAT and netCDF formats)

This option specifies the bin-mapping processing method to be applied. Bin-mapping is also known as 'depth cell mapping' or 'tilt compensation' or even 'map to vertical'. There are two methods, both correct for tilt effects on ADCP velocity data, while the none option leaves the velocity data as is. For details on the two methods, see the section on correction and rotation of velocities (included below). The 'None' option is the default for Nortek ADCPs since the free version of the manufacturer's software does not apply bin-mapping (a core goal of our data products is to replicate the functionality offered by the manufacturer's software). The 'Nearest vertical bin' is the default for RDI ADCPs as winADCP applies this method for Instrument or Beam co-ordinate data. The 'As configured on the device' option uses the configuration onboard to determine whether to apply bin-mapping, this matches processing on-board the device (for Earth-co-ordinate data, while for Instrument or Beam co-ordinate data winADCP ignores the device configuration and always uses 'Nearest vertical bin'). The best method has been shown to be the linear interpolation method (Ott, 1992).

File-name mode field

The velocity bin-mapping option will be appended to the filename. For example: '-binMapNone', 'binMapLinearInterp', 'binMapNearest'.

Nortek Signature Series Plan

For Nortek Signature Series ADCPs only, an additional option is appended to the above:

This option allows the user to select the specific data acquisition plan; there are two: PLAN and PLAN1. PLAN, also denoted as "PLAN0", is generally used for the base frequency (55 kHz), PLAN1 is the alternate (75 kHz). PLAN0 is always available, which is why it is the default option. If the device attribute AlternatePlanEnabled is true, and the DataFormat is DF3 (see the Nortek integrator's guide, DF3 is an internal setting), then PLAN1 data is available and may be accessed by the PLAN1 option. Otherwise requesting PLAN1 may result in no data found. Only appears to Nortek Signature Series ADCPs. When the alternate plan is active, the device will normally operate by alternating between the two frequencies, and the data products will respond by only including the data from the requested plan.

File-name mode field

If the option is applied, a '-PLAN0' or a '-PLAN1' will be appended to the file-name.

Nortek Correlation Screen Threshold

For Nortek Signature Series ADCPs only, an additional option is appended to the above:

This option allows the user to control the correlation screening step. The default value retains the previous behaviour of ONC data products: a threshold of 50%. Beam-velocities that have associated correlation values lower than this threshold are are masked / screened to NaN values. Only available on Instrument or Beam co-ordinate data and Signature series ADCPs.

File-name mode field

If a value other than the default is used, a '-corr'<value> will be appended to the file-name, where <value> is the value of the option matching the API filter.



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