processing system for Argos meteorological data
By: by Nancy R. Galbraith.
Contributors: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Upper Ocean Processes Group.
Series: WHOI -- 95-06.; UOP technical report -- 95-03.; UOP report -- 95-3.; WHOI (Series) -- 95-06.
Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Woods Hole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Information storage and retrieval systems -- Remote sensing.; Meteorological satellites.
Description: Upper Ocean Processes Group meteorological data is transmitted from surface buoys via Argos satellite and processed in an automatic mode on a UNIX workstation. Data is extracted from input files based on instrument type and experiment, processed as appropriate, and plotted, without user intervention. While the processing system normally runs automatically, it is designed so that modules can also be run directly from a terminal when necessary. The Argos processing system allows us to monitor the meteorological data being collected in the field, and provides early information about problems with sensors, instruments, or buoys, when they occur. The automatic process allows more information to be viewed with less effort, and increases the usefulness of the Argos data.
Notes: "March 1995."

"Technical report."

"Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research through Grant No. N00014-94-1-0161."

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