mbctdlist
Section:  MB-System 5.0  (1)
Updated:  3 June 2013 
Index


 
NAME

mbctdlist - List CTD data in swath sonar data files.

 
VERSION

Version 5.0

 
SYNOPSIS

mbctdlist [-A -Ddecimate -Fformat
-Gdelimeter -H -Ifile 
-Ooutput_format -V -Zsegment]

 
DESCRIPTION

MBctdlist prints the specified contents of CTD records
in a swath sonar data file to stdout. CTD stands for conductivity,
temperature, and depth (pressure). Some seafoor mapping sonar platforms
(e.g. ROVs or AUVs) carry CTDs. The CTD data may be included in the
sonar data stream to enable calculation of water sound speed for use
in sonar settings and/or data processing. In addition to the raw
conductivity (S/m), temperature (degree C), and pressure (dBar) data,
salinity (ppu), depth (m), and water sound speed (m/s) are typically
available by calculation.MBctdlist can also output navigation
and time stamp values. By default, mbctdlist  produces ASCII files in
spreadsheet style, with data columns separated by tabs. Alternatively,
other column delimiters can be used (-G option), or
the output can be binary, with each field represented
as a double precision float (-A option). The
option -Ooutput_format is
used to control the data types that are sent to stdout. The output stream can
be decimated using the -D option. The output of
mbctdlist can be piped to plotting and data analysis programs.

 
AUTHORSHIP

David W. Caress (caress@mbari.org)




  Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute



Dale N. Chayes (dale@ldeo.columbia.edu)




  Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory




 
OPTIONS


-A





Causes the output to be binary (native double precision floating
point) rather than ASCII. Some
output options cannot be represented as single binary floats (e.g.
time strings and longitude or latitude broken into degrees
and minutes. These values are output as multiple fields as
appropriate.
Default: ASCII output with fields separated by tabs.
-D


decimate



Sets the decimation of the output data. By default (i.e. decimate=1),
every available data record is output. If decimate>1, then only
every "decimate"th record will be output. Default: decimate=1.
-F


format



Sets the format for the input swath sonar data using
MBIO integer format identifiers.
This program uses the MBIO library and will read any swath sonar
format supported by MBIO. A list of the swath sonar data formats
currently supported by MBIO and their identifier values
is given in the MBIO manual page. Default: format = 11.
-G


delimiter



Sets the character(s) used to separate output fields when ascii
columns are output. Default: tabs are used as delimiters.
-H


This "help" flag cause the program to print out a description
of its operation and then exit immediately.
-I


file



Sets the input filename. If format > 0 (set with the
-F option) then the swath sonar data contained in file
is read and processed. If format < 0, then file
is assumed to be an ascii file containing a list of the input swath sonar
data files to be processed and their formats.  The program will read
the data in each one of these files.
In the file file, each
data file should be followed by a data format identifier, e.g.:

        datafile.mb88 88


        datafile.mb88 88




This program uses the MBIO library and will read any swath sonar
format supported by MBIO. However, only files in formats supporting
CTD data will contain relevant data and produce an output.
A list of the swath sonar data formats
currently supported by MBIO and their identifier values
is given in the MBIO manual page.
Default: file = "datalist.mb-1".
-L


lonflip



Sets the range of the longitude values returned.
If lonflip=-1 then the longitude values will be in
the range from -360 to 0 degrees. If lonflip=0
then the longitude values will be in
the range from -180 to 180 degrees. If lonflip=1
then the longitude values will be in
the range from 0 to 360 degrees.
Default: lonflip = 0.
-O


output_format



Determines the form of the output. Output_format is a string composed
of one or more of the following characters:


        C  for conductivity (S/m)


        ^C for sonar altitude (meters)


        c  for temperature (degree C)


        ^c for sonar depth (meters)


        H  for heading (degrees)


        h  for course made good (degrees)


        J  for a time string (yyyy jd hh mm ss.ssssss)


                 where jd is the julian day of the year

        j  for a time string (yyyy jd dm ss.ssssss)


                 where jd is the julian day of the year

                 and dm is the minute of the day

        L  for cumulative along-track distance (km)


        l  for cumulative along-track distance (m)


        M  for unix time in decimal seconds since 1/1/70 00:00:00


        m  for time in decimal seconds since first record


        P  for potential temperature (degree)


        S  for salinity (ppu)


        ^S for speed (km/hr)


        s  for water sound speed (m/s)


        ^s for speed made good (km/hr)


        T  for a time string (yyyy/mm/dd/hh/mm/ss)


        t  for a time string (yyyy mm dd hh mm ss)


        U  for unix time in integer seconds since 1/1/70 00:00:00


        u  for time in integer seconds since first record


        V  for ping interval (decimal seconds)


        X  for longitude (decimal degrees)


        x  for longitude (degrees + decimal minutes + E/W)


        Y  for latitude (decimal degrees)


        y  for latitude (degrees + decimal minutes + N/S)


Default output_format = TXYCc^cSs (Time, lon, lat, conductivity,
temperature, depth, salinity, sound speed).
-V


Normally, mbctdlist works "silently" without outputting
anything to the stderr stream.  If the
-V flag is given, then mbctdlist works in a "verbose" mode and
outputs the program version being used and all error status messages.
-Z


segment



Causes the ascii output of different input swath files
(e.g. when a datalist is specified with the -I option)
to be separated by lines with segment. If segment
is a single character, then the output is a multiple segment
file of the sort accepted by the GMT program psxy.
This option only works with ascii output, and is thus disabled
when the -A option is specified. The most common usage
is -ZI>.


 
EXAMPLES

Suppose one wishes to obtain a ctd list from a Reson 7125 data file
in the 7k format (MBIO id 88) called 20080904_231809p.mb88. To
obtain a listing with time in unix second forms followed
by longitude, latitude, and salinity, the following will suffice:


        mbctdlist -i 20080904_231809p.mb88 -OMXYS | more


The output will be as follows:


        1220570288.486000       -129.066699       47.997246     34.305


        1220570288.685999       -129.066702       47.997245     34.304


        1220570288.885999       -129.066706       47.997244     34.305


        1220570289.086000       -129.066710       47.997243     34.305


        1220570289.286000       -129.066713       47.997242     34.304


        .....


 
SEE ALSO

mbsystem(1), mbinfo(1)

 
BUGS

mbctdlist initially only works with data in the MBF_RESON7KR format (MBIO format id 88)
supporting Reson 7k series multibeam sonars.



 
Index

NAME

VERSION

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AUTHORSHIP

OPTIONS

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

BUGS

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