.. _read_adcpsect:


Loading files generated by adcpsect
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

No special programs are needed to read the ``adcpsect`` output,
just some simple code.


The ``*_xy.mat`` and ``*_uv.mat`` files use code like the
following in matlab to turn the matrices into x,y,u,v,z:

Example:

::

 load contour_uv.mat
 load contour_xy.mat

 x=xyt(1,:)';
 y=xyt(2,:)';
 dday=xyt(3,:)';
 u=uv(:,1:2:end);
 v=uv(:,2:2:end);
 %zc is center of depth bins

 badi=find(isnan(x));
 x(badi)=[];
 y(badi)=[];
 dday(badi)=[];
 u(:,badi)=[];
 v(:,badi)=[];

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.. NOTE:: The time variable is a zero-based decimal day: Noon on
          Jan 1 is **0.5** (not 1.5).  All CODAS data follow
          this standard.


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