getmat: getting all bins and all profiles from a CODAS database; follow this link
- simple to set up: extract with one executable, load with one matlab file
- extract every bin and every profile
- access to many variables (time, position, velocity, amplitude, temperature, heading)
adcpsect: getting velocities from a codas database; follow this link
- provides more control over extraction parameters;
- allows averaging over time (or space) and vertical
- requires only executable program “adcpsect”;
- only provides time, position, and velocity