After acquiring the LADCP data, make a diagnostics plot and a record of cast depth (first look) to see if there are any problems.
For the LADCP demo, this would be:
From the CRUISE/data/ladcp directory,
## save the figures to the web site.
## this is a link to CRUISE/web/qc_plots
outdir=/home/science/web/qc_plots
(1) quick look
ladcp_rawplot.py --save --out $outdir --plot scalars --show wh010_01.dat
(2) more plots; do not show, but save all
ladcp_rawplot.py --save --out $outdir wh010_01.dat
The most important questions are:
- did the LADCP return data for the whole cast?
- are all beams functioning?
Example of a full profile:
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Example of a partial profile:
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