readme.sodar    Readme file for MIPS Sodar data         (S.Paech)

The relevant sodar wind files are those of the format ECHYMMDD.CDF where:

ECH -> file name prefix
Y   -> single digit year
MM  -> month
DD  -> day

These files are in ascii format and are self-explanatory.  The data were
averaged over 15 minute periods with the ending time indicated.

If you are interested in data from each ping (moments files), refer to the
.MOM files.

This data has not been screened or quality controlled.

The directional Sodar data has NOT been adjusted to take into account the MIPS
orientation during each deployment.  Furthermore (unfortunately) the Sodar
antenna azimuth setting (the direction the Sodar thinks the MIPS was pointing
in) was changed multiple times during the project.  To correct for this, refer
to the file sodar_correction.dat.  For each deployment, the difference between
the MIPS heading and Sodar antenna azimuth needs to be added to the Sodar wind
directions to get the true directions.  For example, if the MIPS heading was
180 deg and the Sodar antenna azimuth setting was 200 deg, -20 deg needs to be
added to the Sodar wind direction data.

In a couple of instances, the Sodar antenna azimuth setting was changed DURING
a deployment, making the above issue even more convoluted.  These instances are
noted in sodar_correction.dat.  We apologize for this inconvenience.

Refer to bamexlog.dat for information regarding MIPS setup during each deployment.

Please visit http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/mips/ for detailed instrumentation information.


Before you use any of this data, please contact us for recent updates and
possible corrections to the data sets.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Justin Walters
ph:  256-961-7008
email:  jwalters@nsstc.uah.edu