Buoy System Handbook
John Evans
Scientific Programmer
School of Marine Sciences, Physical Oceanography Group, University of Maine
Linda Mangum
Buoy Co-Manager
School of Marine Sciences, Physical Oceanography Group, University of Maine
Table of Contents
Processing Overview
Data Acquisition
Data Sources
Processing Types
Crontab File
Rsync Setup
SAMBA Setup
Summary of Buoy Setup, Testing, Recoveries and Deployments
Pre-Deployment Setup
Pre-Deployment Testing
Post Deployment
Post Recovery
General Instructions
Instrument (Buffer) Specific Notes
Base Software
GOES vs. Cell Phone
Data Products
Meteorological Products
Doppler Products
Conductivity-Temperature Recorder Products (SBE 16, SBE 1603, SBE 37, and "Seabird")
Current Meter
Wave Products
Optics Products
Input File Formats and Buffers
Campbell
Campbell Overview.
met (1)
met_short (101)
hourly_gust (31): Met hourly (added March 2007)
doppler (2): RDI doppler current meter
aquadopp (102): Nortek doppler current meter
fsi (3): Falmouth Scientic Instruments current meter
aanderaa: a current meter (5)
aanderaa_optode: a current meter with dissolved oxygen (105)
aanderaa_z: zpulse current meter (106)
optode (103): dissolved oxygen connected to SBE44
sbe37 (4): A Conductivity Temperature Recorder
sbe16 (6): a conductivity-temperature recorder
accelerometer_fft (7)
accelerometer (71)
diagnostics
diagnostics_short (109)
Monitor (90)
Goes Error (91)
Goes Transmission (94)
sbe1603: a conductivity-temperature recorder
optics: (there's always ONE in the family...)
GOES
Derived Buffers
Algorithms
GOES Decoding
Low Resolution 16-Bit Binary Format
High Resolution 18-Bit Binary Format
Bloom Index
Overview
Input
Ancillary Requirements
MATLAB m-file
Output
Currents
SBE 16 Oxygen Saturation
SBE 16 Dissolved Oxygen
SBE 16 Percent Oxygen Saturation
SBE Transmissivity, Beam Attenuation (
tranmissivity
,
c
)
SBE Salinity
SBE Sigma T (
sigma_t
)
Aanderaa Water Temperature (
temperature
)
SBE1603 Water Temperature (
temperature
)
Waves (
significant_wave_height
and
dominant_wave_period
)
Winds (
wind_direction
,
wind_gust
,
wind_speed
)
Visibility (visibility)
Chlorophyll
Downwelling Irradiance (Ed)
Downwelling Irradiance of PAR (Ed_PAR)
Upwelling Radiance (Lu)
Temperature and Salinity Corrected Absorption (
absorption_TS
)
Temperature and Salinity Corrected Attenuation (
beam_attenuation_TS
)
Absorption (
a
)
Attenuation (
c
)
Uncorrected Volume Scattering Function (
beta_uncorrected
)
Volume Scattering Function (
beta
)
Particulate Backscattering (
bbp
)
Particulate Backscattering Spectrum (
bp
)
Particulate Backscattering Ratio (
bbp_tilda
)
Phytoplankton Absorption(
aphyto
)
Tripton Absorption (
atrip
)
Gelbstoff Absorption (
ag
)
Particulate Beam Attenuation Coefficient (
cp
)
Particulate Beam Attenuation Spectral Slope (
gamma
)
Particulate Size Distribution Slope (
PSD_slope
)
Real Part of the Index of Refraction (
real_refractive_index
)
Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient (
Kd
)
Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient Over PAR (
Kd_PAR
)
Depth of the PAR Downwelling Irradiance Light Level (
ParLightLevel
)
Remote Sensing Reflectance (
Rrs
)
Normalized Water Leaving Radiance (
nLw
)
Directory Structure
Database Layout
gomoos_control
mooring
gomoos_processing
Users and Permissions
mooring
datatypes
processing_datatypes
processing_files
gomoos_data
NetCDF Files
NetCDF Introduction
Structure
Dimensions
Data Variables and Quality Control
Global Attributes
Simple Time Series Buffers (met, fsi, sbe37, sbe16, seacat, diagnostics, noaa_met)
Doppler NetCDF Structure
Realtime
Post Recovery Sensor Raw
Accelerometer Sensor Raw
Optics
NetCDF Time Convention
Modified Julian Date
Troubleshooting
Disaster Recovery
Loss of Power
Gyre Dies
Gorry Dies
Gorry2 Dies
Micmac Dies
Critical Issues
Appendix.
Shell Script for Directing Normal Cell Phone Data Ingest
Appendix.
Shell Script for Directing GOES Data Ingest
Appendix.
Shell Script for Directing NOAA Data Ingest
Appendix.
Shell Script for Directing Optics Data Ingest
Appendix.
Aanderaa Currents MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Chlorophyll Bloom MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
SBE 16-03 Temperature MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Aanderaa Temperature MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Accelerometer Wave Products MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
ADCP Currents MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Met Visibility MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Oxygen Saturation MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Percent Oxygen Saturation MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Salinity MATLAB Implementation
SW_SALT.M
SW_SALS.M
SW_SALRT.M
SW_SALRP.M
Appendix.
SBE16 plus Dissolved Oxygen Saturation MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Sigma T MATLAB Implementation
SW_SIGT0.M
SW_SMOW.M
Appendix.
C-Star Tranmsittance/c MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Met Wind Direction MATLAB Implementation
Appendix.
Perl Script for Downloading GOES Data
Appendix.
CDL for GOES Realtime Doppler
Appendix.
CDL for Post Recovery Sensor Raw Doppler
Glossary
Bibliography
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