Aquadopp (waves)

Data will generally be processed using a series of run scripts that use command line arguments. For AQD waves it’s a 3 step process.

Instrument data to raw .cdf

First, export data to text format using the AquaPro software and default options.

Convert from text to a raw netCDF file with .cdf extension using runwvswad2cdf.py. This script depends on two arguments, the global attribute file and extra configuration information configuration files.

runwvswad2cdf.py

Convert Aquadopp .wad wave files to raw .cdf format. Run this script from the directory containing Aquadopp files.

usage: runwvswad2cdf.py [-h] gatts config

Positional Arguments

gatts

path to global attributes file (gatts formatted)

config

path to instrument configuration file (YAML formatted)

Raw .cdf to CF-compliant .nc

Convert the raw .cdf data into an CF-compliant netCDF file with .nc extension, optionally including atmospheric correction of the pressure data.

runwvscdf2nc.py

Convert raw Aquadopp .cdf wave files to processed .nc files

usage: runwvscdf2nc.py [-h] [--atmpres ATMPRES] cdfname

Positional Arguments

cdfname

raw .cdf filename

Named Arguments

--atmpres

path to cdf file containing atmopsheric pressure data

Compute wave statistics

Using DIWASP: This is run separately in Matlab using the DIWASP toolbox (docs TODO).

Use stglib’s built-in wave-statistics toolbox to compute a wave-statistics file.

runwvsnc2waves.py

Generate waves statistics file

usage: runwvsnc2waves.py [-h] ncname

Positional Arguments

ncname

processed .nc filename