Description
The compressed (.zip) file contains Datawell MK-III Directional Waverider binary and unpacked data files as well as a description of the data and manuals for the instrumentation. The data files are contained in the two directories within the zip file, "Apr_July_2012" and "Jun_Sept_2013". Time series and summary data were recorded in the buoy to binary files with extensions '.RDT' and '.SDT', respectively. These are located in the subdirectories 'Data_Raw' in each of the top-level deployment directories. '.RDT' files contain 3 days of time series (at 1.28 Hz) in 30 minute "bursts". Each '.SDT' file contains summary statistics for the month indicated computed at half-hour intervals for each burst. Each deployment directory also contains a description (in 'File.list') of the Datawell binary data files, and a figure ('Hs_vs_yearday') showing the significant wave height associated with each .RDT file (decoded from the filename). The corresponding unpacked Matlab .mat files are contained in the subdirectories 'Data_Mat'. These files have the extension '.mat' but use the root filename of the source .RDT and .SDT files.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Map of Waverider deployment locations.pdf | Document with coordinates of deployments and map showing bouy locations. | Open resource | |
| Waverider buoy data and manuals.zip | ZIP | Archived data file containing the data description, map, manuals, and raw and unpacked (matlab format) data for two deployments: 19 April - 28 July, 2012 off Martha's Vineyard and 26 June - 24 September, 2013 at Nantucket Shoals. See ReadMe.pdf for descriptions of individual files. | Open resource |
| Description of Waverider data format.pdf | README data dictionary explaining the file formats within the data archive and the column headers within individual data files, including descriptions of individual fields. | Open resource |
Tags
- accelerometer
- accelerometer-data
- binary
- binary-data
- bouy-data
- buoy-orientation
- burst
- characterization
- data
- datalogger
- datawell
- directional-spread
- energy
- frequency
- geospatial-data
- hydrokinetic
- instrumentation
- magnetic-field-inclination
- marine
- marine-renewable-energy-center
- martha
- marthas
- matlab
- mean-direction
- mhk
- nantucket
- nantucket-shoals
- normalized-height-power-spectrum
- ocean
- oceanographic
- raw
- raw-data
- rdt
- resource
- rhode-island
- sdt
- significant-wave-height
- spectral-bandwidth
- time-series
- unpacked
- unpacked-data
- vineyard
- wave-data
- wave-height-spectrum
- waverider
- woods-hole-oceanographic-institution