Sodar Wind File Format For data files with "sod" extension. Note: The sodar wind profile data files have been converted from their orginal format to the pop4 format of the 915 MHz wind profiler data. In doing so some of the header values are only place holders. Line Description ---- ----------- 1 Instrument 2 Parameter measured Instrument 3 N. Lat. W. Long. Site elevation (m) 4 End date and time of data collection UTC 5 Averaging time (sec) Number of beams Number of range gates 6 Samples required for consensus:Total samples (placeholder) (pair for each beam) 7 Null placeholders 8 placeholder placeholder Vertical correction for oblique beams (0=N, 1=Y) placeholder placeholder Number of range gates (oblique and vertical) Spacing between range gates (m) (oblique and vertical) 9 Azimuth and elevation (pair for each beam) 10 Data columns header 11- Range gate height AGL (km) Wind Speed ( /s) Wind Direction (deg) Radial Velocity (vertical and oblique) Percent of samples returned (vertical and oblique) Mean SNR (dB) (vertical and oblique) End $-EOF flag