The RM Young Air Sensor outputs 1 NMEA string:
05/25/2002,00:00:09.764
$WIXDR,C,
-0.9,C,TEMP,C,H, 97,H,%RH,C, -1.2,P,1013,hPa,BARO,A,-35,D,ELV,D, 0.3,mm,PRECIP
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS Date
and Time |
|
2 |
$WIXDR |
|
4 |
Air
Temperature |
Celcius |
9 |
Relative
Humidity |
Percent |
13 |
Dew Point
Temperature |
Celcius |
15 |
Barometer |
hPa |
19 |
Elevation
|
Meters |
The RM Young Mech Wind Sensor outputs 1 NMEA string:
MWV- Wind Direction/Speed
05/27/2002,00:00:31.443,$WIMWV,167,R,015.3,N,A
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPGLL |
|
3 |
Latitude |
ddmm.ssss |
4 |
North or
South |
|
5 |
Longitude |
dddmm.ssss |
6 |
East or
West |
|
7 |
UTC of
Position |
hhmmss.sss |
8 |
Status of
data (A=valid) |
|
9 |
Checksum |
|
The RM Young Ultrsonic Wind Sensor outputs 1 NMEA string
05/17/2002,00:01:19.572,$WIMWV,� 0,R, 0.0,N,A
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS Date
and Time |
|
2 |
$WIMWV |
|
3 |
Wind
Direction |
Degrees |
4 |
R =
Relative |
|
5 |
Wind
Speed |
knots |
6 |
N = Knots |
|
7 |
A = Data
Valid |
|
05/27/2002,00:00:26.583,0015.9,0115.8
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS Date
and Time |
|
2 |
Wind
Speed |
Knots |
3 |
Wind
Direction |
Degrees |
The Seabeam outputs 1 NMEA string:
05/27/2002,00:01:40.567
$SBCTR,2002,5,27,00:01:34.757,72.871948,-158.265277,1060.30,102*00
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS Date
and Time |
|
2 |
$WIXDR |
|
4 |
Air
Temperature |
Celcius |
9 |
Relative
Humidity |
Percent |
13 |
Dew Point
Temperature |
Celcius |
15 |
Barometer |
hPa |
19 |
Elevation
|
Meters |
The ADCPs write to a local hard drive and are backed up to the
Server via network.
FILE
NAME |
FILE
FORMAT |
FILE
EXTENSION |
DEFINITION |
PROGRAM
REQUIRED |
hy0201001_000000 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.ENR |
Raw
Binary ADCP Data |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
hy0201001_000001 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.ENS |
Binary
Adcp Data |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
hy0201001_000002 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.ENX |
Binary
Ensemble Data |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
hy0201001_000003 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.STA |
short
term average |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
hy0201001_000004 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.LTA |
long term
average |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
hy0201001_000005 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.N1R |
Raw NMEA
ASCII |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
hy0201001_000006 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.N2R |
Raw NMEA
ASCII |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
hy0201001_000007 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.NMS |
Averaged
Nav Data |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
hy0201001_000008 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.VMO |
Copy of
.ini |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
hy0201001_000009 |
DeployName/Sequence
# |
.LOG |
Log File |
Vmdas/Visual
Basic? |
The Ashtech GPS outputs three NMEA data Strings:
05/05/2002,19:33:19.082,
$GPGGA,
193316.00� ,6425.9899, N ,16523.6547,
W,1,08,01.2+00051,M, , M,,*62
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPGGA |
|
3 |
UTC time
at Position |
hhmmss.ss |
4 |
Latitude |
ddmm.ssss |
5 |
North (N)
or South(S) |
|
6 |
Longitude |
dddmm.ssss |
7 |
East (E)
or West (W) |
|
8 |
GPS
Quality: |
|
9 |
Number of
GPS Satellites Used |
|
10 |
HDOP
(horizontal dilution of precision) |
|
11 |
Antenna
height |
meters |
12 |
M for
Meters |
|
13 |
Geoidal
Height (no data in the sample string) |
meters |
14 |
M for
Meters |
|
15 |
Age of
Diff. GPS Data (no data in sample string) |
|
16 |
Differential
reference station� ID (no data in
sample string) |
|
17 |
Checksum
(no delimiter before this field) |
|
GLL- Latitude/Longitude)
05/24/2002,00:01:15.402
$GPGLL,
7327.9307,N, 15738.7552,W, 000114.00,A*13
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPGLL |
|
3 |
Latitude |
ddmm.ssss |
4 |
North or
South |
|
5 |
Longitude |
dddmm.ssss |
6 |
East or
West |
|
7 |
UTC of
Position |
hhmmss.sss |
8 |
Status of
data (A=valid) |
|
9 |
Checksum |
|
HDT - Heading
05/25/2002,00:00:08.373
,$GPHDT,188.240,T*32
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPHDT |
|
3 |
Heading
XXXXXX= ddd.ddd |
Degrees |
4 |
True(T),
Magnetic(M) |
|
5 |
Checksum |
|
The Pcode GPS outputs three NMEA data Strings:
05/22/2002,00:00:14.990,
$GPGGA,000014.00,7342.461,N,15909.578,W,3,04,1.220,21.82,M,0.035,M,,*4C
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPGGA |
|
3 |
UTC time
at Position |
hhmmss.ss |
4 |
Latitude |
ddmm.ssss |
5 |
North(N)
or South(S) |
|
6 |
Longitude |
ddmm.ssss |
7 |
East(E)
or West (W) |
|
8 |
GPS
Quality: |
|
9 |
Number of
GPS Satellites Used |
|
10 |
HDOP
(horizontal dilution of precision) |
|
11 |
Antenna
height |
meters |
12 |
M for
Meters |
|
13 |
Geoidal
Height |
meters |
14 |
M for
Meters |
|
15 |
Differential
reference station� ID (no data in
sample string) |
|
16 |
Checksum
(no delimiter before this field |
|
GLL- Latitude/Longitude
05/23/2002,00:00:07.186,
$GPGLL,
7346.333,N,15903.654,W,000006.00,A*1C
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPGLL |
|
3 |
Latitude |
ddmm.sss |
4 |
North or
South |
|
5 |
Longitude |
dddmm.sss |
6 |
East or
West |
|
7 |
UTC of
Position |
hhmmss.sss |
8 |
Status of
data (A=valid) |
|
9 |
Checksum |
|
VTG � Track and ground speed
05/24/2002,00:09:51.389,
$GPVTG, 215.8,T,192.5,M,1.06,N,1.96,K*46
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPVTG |
|
3 |
Heading |
Degrees |
4 |
Degrees
true (T) |
ddd.d |
5 |
Heading |
Degrees |
6 |
Degrees
magnetic (M) |
ddd.d |
7 |
Ship
Speed |
knots |
8 |
N=Knots |
|
9 |
Ship
Speed |
km/hr |
10 |
K=KM per
hour |
|
The Pcode GPS outputs three NMEA data Strings:
05/22/2002,00:00:14.990,
$GPGGA,000014.00,7342.461,N,15909.578,W,3,04,1.220,21.82,M,0.035,M,,*4C
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPGGA |
|
3 |
UTC time
at Position |
hhmmss.sss |
4 |
Latitude |
ddmm.sss |
5 |
North (N)
or South(S) |
|
6 |
Longitude |
ddmm.sss |
7 |
East (E)
or West (W) |
|
8 |
GPS
Quality: |
|
9 |
Number of
GPS Satellites Used |
|
10 |
HDOP
(horizontal dilution of precision) |
|
11 |
Antenna
height |
meters |
12 |
M for
Meters |
|
13 |
Geoidal
Height |
meters |
14 |
M for
Meters |
|
15 |
Differential
reference station� ID (no data in
sample string) |
|
16 |
Checksum
(no delimiter before this field |
|
GLL- Latitude/Longitude
05/23/2002,00:00:07.186,
$GPGLL,
7346.333,N, 15903.654,W,000006.00,A*1C
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPGLL |
|
3 |
Latitude |
ddmm.sss |
4 |
North or
South |
|
5 |
Longitude |
dddmm.sss |
6 |
East or
West |
|
7 |
UTC of
Position |
hhmmss.sss |
8 |
Status of
data (A=valid) |
|
9 |
Checksum |
|
05/23/2002,00:00:07.186
$GPGLL,
7346.333,N, 15903.654,W,000006.00,A*1C
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPVTG |
|
3 |
Heading |
Degrees |
4 |
Degrees
true(T) |
ddd.d |
5 |
Heading |
degrees |
6 |
Degrees
magnetic(M) |
ddd.d |
7 |
Ship
Speed |
knots |
8 |
N=Knots |
|
9 |
Ship
Speed |
km/hr |
10 |
K=KM per
hour |
|
The Glonass GPS outputs three NMEA data Strings:
05/25/2002,00:00:38.246,
$GPGGA,000038.00
,7312.993183,N,15809.471674,W,1,3,2.0,39.894,M,-1.79,M,,*55
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPGGA |
|
3 |
UTC time
at Position |
hhmmss.ss |
4 |
Latitude |
ddmm.mmmmmm |
5 |
North(N)
or South(S) |
|
6 |
Longitude |
dddmm.mmmmmm |
7 |
East(E)
or West (W) |
|
8 |
GPS
Quality: |
|
9 |
Number of
GPS Satellites Used |
|
10 |
HDOP
(horizontal dilution of precision) |
|
11 |
Antenna
height |
meters |
12 |
M for Meters |
|
13 |
Geoidal
Height |
meters |
14 |
M for
Meters |
|
15 |
Differential
reference station� ID (no data in
sample string) |
|
16 |
Checksum
(no delimiter before this field |
|
GLL- Latitude/Longitude
05/20/2002,00:00:28.086
$GPGLL,
7319.11259,N, 16012.78866,W,000028.00,A*1D
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$GPGLL |
|
3 |
Latitude |
ddmm.mmmmm |
4 |
North or
South |
|
5 |
Longitude |
dddmm.mmmmm |
6 |
East or
West |
|
7 |
UTC of
Position |
hhmmss.ss |
8 |
Status of
data (A=valid) |
|
9 |
Checksum |
|
05/27/2002,00:02:53.924,$HEHDT,321.492,T*20
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$HEHDT |
|
3 |
Heading
XXXXXX = ddd.ddd |
degrees |
4 |
Degrees
true (T) |
|
5 |
Checksum |
|
05/28/2002,00:00:20.834,$VDVBW,-0.07,-0.53,A,,,V*47
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS
Date/Time Tag |
|
2 |
$VDVBW |
|
3 |
Longitudinal
Water Speed� - = astern |
knots |
4 |
Transverse
Water Speed� - = port |
knots |
5 |
A= Data
Valid� V=Invalid |
|
10 |
Checksum |
|
The Winch Data Collection outputs 1 NMEA string:
FIELD |
DATA |
UNITS |
1 |
SCS Date |
|
2 |
SCS Time |
|
3 |
$ISSDN |
|
4 |
Line
Tension 1 |
Pounds |
6 |
Line
Speed 1 |
Meters/Minute |
8 |
Active
Scope 1 (Wire Out) |
Meters |
|
���� - = Incoming, + = Payout |
|
10 |
Desired
Scope 1 |
Meters |
12 |
Winch Id
1 |
|
14 |
Elasped
Time |
hh.mm.ss |
16 |
Line
Tension 2 |
Pounds |
18 |
Line
Speed 2 |
Meters/Minute |
20 |
Active
Scope 2 (Wire Out) |
Meters |
|
���� - = Incoming, + = Payout |
|
22 |
Desired
Scope 2 |
Meters |
24 |
Winch Id
2 |
|
26 |
Elasped
Time |
hh.mm.ss |
28 |
Non
Contaminated Sea Water Chest Pressure |
psi |
30 |
Non
Contaminated Sea Water Chest Temperature |
Degrees F |
31 |
Checksum |
|
NOAA SCS data is divided into two broad categories, underway and navigation. Each instrument or sensor produces a data file named with its channel id or instrument name.
Not all data types are collected every day or on every cruise.
Measurement |
channel ID |
Collect Status |
Rate |
Instrument |
Air
Temperature |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
R.M.
YOUNG |
Dew Point |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
R.M.
YOUNG r |
Relative
Humidity |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
R.M.
YOUNG |
Barometer |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
R.M.
YOUNG |
Relative
Wind Speed |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
R.M.
YOUNG |
Relative
Wind Direction |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
R.M.
YOUNG |
True Wind
Speed |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
DERIVED |
True Wind
Direction |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
DERIVED |
Relative
Wind Speed |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
R.M. YOUNG
ULTRASONIC |
Relative
Wind Direction |
|
Continuous |
1 sec |
R.M.
YOUNG ULTRASONIC |
Measurement |
channel ID |
Collect Status |
Rate |
Instrument |
Bathymetry |
|
continuous |
varies |
ODEC
Bathy2000 |
Bathymetry |
|
continuous |
varies |
Knudsen
320B/R |
Bathymetry |
|
continuous |
varies |
SEABEAM
2112 |
Measurement |
channel ID |
Collect Status |
Rate |
Instrument |
Conductivity |
TSG fwd |
not
collected |
6 sec |
SBE
911 |
Salinity |
TSG fwd |
not
collected |
6 sec |
SBE
911 |
Sea
Surface Temp |
TSG fwd |
not
collected |
6 sec |
SBE
911 |
Conductivity |
TSG aft |
not
collected |
6 sec |
SBE
911 |
Salinity |
TSG aft |
not
collected |
6 sec |
SBE
911 |
Sea
Surface Temp |
TSG aft |
not
collected |
6 sec |
SBE
911 |
Fluorometry |
Fwd |
not
collected |
1 sec |
Turner
10au |
Fluorometry |
Aft |
not
collected |
6 sec |
Scufa |
ADCP 75khz |
|
continuous |
|
RDI
Instruments |
ADCP
150khz |
|
continuous |
|
RDI
Instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
Measurement |
channel ID |
Collect Status |
Rate |
Instrument |
P-Code
GPS (Fwd) |
|
continuous |
1 sec |
Trimble |
Attitude
GPS |
|
continuous |
1 sec |
Ashtech |
Glonass
GPS |
|
continuous |
1 sec |
Glonass |
Gyro |
|
continuous |
1 sec |
|
P-Code
GPS (Aft) |
|
continuous |
1 sec |
Trimble
Centurion |