#DATA_DATES: 2003/06/24 14:34:05 to 2003/07/01 14:18:14 
#LON_RANGE:  124.50 W to 123.99 W
#LAT_RANGE: 44.59 N to 45.90 N 
#DEPTH_RANGE:     16 to 192 m
#SAC_CRUISE_ID:
#PLATFORM_NAME: R/V New Horizon 
#PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR_NAME: Andy Dale
#PI_INSTITUTION: Oregon State University
#PI_COUNTRY: USA
#PROJECT:
#CRUISE_NAME: N0306
#PORTS:  Newport, OR, USA --- to --- Newport, OR, USA
#GEOGRAPHIC_REGION: Oregon coast
#PROCESSED_BY: Stephen D. Pierce (spierce@coas.oregonstate.edu)
#NAVIGATION:  GPS (Pcode and attitude)
#QUALITY_NAV: excellent
#GENERAL_INFORMATION: 
CRUISE NOTES
  CHIEF SCIENTIST ON SHIP     : Andy Dale
    INSTITUTE                 : Oregon State University
    COUNTRY                   : USA
  SIGNIFICANT DATA GAPS       : none
  SPECIAL SHIP TRACK PATTERNS : Dye release and Minibat surveys

ADCP INSTRUMENTATION
  MANUFACTURER                : RD Instruments (RDI)
  HARDWARE MODEL              : RD-VM150 Narrow band
  TRANSMIT FREQUENCY          : 153.6 kHz
  TRANSDUCER CONFIGURATION    : JANUS CONCAVE
  TRANSDUCER BEAM ANGLE       : 30 deg.

ADCP INSTALLATION
  METHOD/DESCRIPTION OF THE
       ATTACHMENT TO THE HULL : bottom
  LOCATION/DEPTH ON HULL      :  4 m
  REPEATABLE ATTACHMENT       :  YES 
  ACOUSTIC WINDOW             :  NO 

ADCP INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION     
  DEPTH RANGE                 : 16 - 192 m (bin centers)
  BIN LENGTH                  : 8 m
  NUMBER OF BINS              : 60
  TRANSMIT PULSE LENGTH       : 8
  BLANKING INTERVAL           : 4
  ENSEMBLE AVERAGING INTERVAL : 60 s
  SOUND SPEED CALCULATION     : function of temp at transducer
  BOTTOM TRACKING             :  some
  DIRECT COMMANDS             : "FH00001" "E0003020199" "CF99"

ADCP DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
  SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS         : RDI
  SOFTWARE VERSIONS           : DAS 2.48
  DATA LOGGER, MAKE/MODEL     : 386
  ADCP/LOGGER COMMUNICATION   : GPIB
  USER BUFFER VERSION         : UH user exit "UE4", 1920 buffer version
  CLOCK                       : PC clock; reset if drift > 2 sec from GPS clock 

SHIP HEADING                      
  INSTRUMENT MAKE/MODEL       : Sperry MK-37 Mod D/E gyrocompass
  SYNCHRO OR STEPPER          : synchro
  SYNCHRO RATIO               : 1:1
  GPS ATTITUDE SYSTEM         : YES: Ashtech
    LOCATION OF ANTENNAS      : forward
    RIGID ATTACHMENT          : YES
    LOGGING RATE              : 1 per sec

ANCILLARY MEASUREMENTS            
  SURFACE TEMP AND SALINITY   : yes
  HYDRO CAST MEASUREMENTS     : yes
  MINIBAT CTD MEASUREMENTS    : yes
  RAW AGC AND SPECTRAL WIDTH  : no 
  BIOMASS DETERMINATION       : no
  BEAM-AVERAGED AGC AVAILABLE?: no 
    CALIBRATION NET TOWS?     : no

ADCP DATA PROCESSING/EDITING
  PERSONNEL IN CHARGE         : Stephen D. Pierce
  DATE OF PROCESSING          : Nov 2003

NAVIGATION
  GPS                         : YES
    MAKE/MODEL                : Trimble
    SELECTIVE AVAILABILITY    : YES
    P-CODE                    : YES
    DIFFERENTIAL              : NO 
    SAMPLE INTERVAL           : 1 per sec
    TIME OBTAINED RELATIVE TO
      START/END OF ENSEMBLE   : end
    LOGGED WITH ADCP DATA     : YES  - user exit program

CALIBRATION 
    GYROCOMPASS CORRECTION    : YES, profile-by-profile-rotation based 
                                     on the attitude gps HOFS (heading offsets)
    BOTTOM TRACK METHOD       : YES, using the trimmed mean (rejecting values
               beyond 6 L1 scales) of 2-hourly Joyce (1999)-style estimates
    WATER TRACK METHOD        : NO
    FINAL SELECTION     : AMPLITUDE= 0.9866   PHASE= -2.606
    SOUND SPEED CORRECTIONS   : NO

NAVIGATION CALCULATION             
    NAVIGATION USED             : gps
    REFERENCE LAYER DEPTH RANGE : bins 3 to 5 
    FILTERING METHOD FOR 
      SMOOTHING REFERENCE LAYER
      VELOCITY (FORM/WIDTH)     : Blackman window function of width T= 20 min:
         w(t) = 0.42 - 0.5 * cos(2 * pi *t / T) + 0.08 * cos(4 * pi * t / T).
    FINALIZED SHIP VEL/POSITIONS 
    STORED IN DATABASE          : YES

 GENERAL_ASSESSMENT             : 
    ON-STATION VS. UNDERWAY     : good
    VECTOR, CONTOUR, STICK PLOTS: good
    COMMENTS                    : data quality excellent in general

EDITING PARAMETERS:
    PERCENTAGE-GOOD-PINGS CUTOFF:  25%
    AGC_margin:  10
    newflag.cnt parameters:
	  START_BIN:          2
	  AMP_THRESHOLD:      50
	  PGOOD_THRESHOLD:    10
	  LENGTH_UNIT:        1e-3   
	  W_VAR_THRESHOLD:    7811 
	  D2W_THRESHOLD:      176 
	  D2U&D2V_THRESHOLD:  228 
	  EV_THRESHOLD:       100
	  CLUSTER_GAP:        10
	  FLAG_MASK:
	    ALL_BITS          
	    end

      (The botmpas3 editing was also applied)