An automated method of processing data from profiling floats

Author

Montgomery, E.T. ; Schmitt, R.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Ocean Phys. & Eng., Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn., MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

367

Abstract

The amount of data telemetered from moored or drifting oceanographic instruments has increased markedly in the last few years. With many platforms transmitting data on irregular schedules in near-real time, the use of an automated system of performing the routine data processing tasks is necessary. This report documents the automated data acquisition, processing and distribution system developed to deal with data from Salinity Profiling Autonomous LAgrangian Current Explorer (S-PALACE) floats, the first generation of profiling floats to report salinity as well as temperature. The original ALACE floats are described in the paper by R. E. Davis, et al. (1992)

Keywords

geophysical signal processing; oceanographic techniques; S-PALACE; Salinity Profiling Autonomous LAgrangian Current Explorer; automated data acquisition; automated method; current; data processing; dynamics; measurement technique; ocean; profiling float; salinity; signal processing; temperature; thermohaline structure; vertical profiling; Computer languages; Data acquisition; Data processing; Displays; Electronic ballasts; Instruments; Lagrangian functions; Ocean temperature; Satellites; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Providence, RI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6551-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2000.881286

Filename

881286