Tentative benchmarks for shear probes

Please follow the Filename convention for testing if changing the filename prefix supplied in this table.

File name when testing

FilenamePrefix_II_YYYYMMDD.nc​ where:

• II is your initials (use as many letters as needed)​
• YYYYMMDD is the year, month and date using the ISO standard date.

Filename Prefix	Platform	Instrument	Region	PI (ATOMIX)	Comment	Volunteer testers
VMP_HaroStait	Ship	VMP-500	Haro Strait	Lueck	Intense turbulence. Two sections: one good one with glithces
VMP_AglhasCurrent	Ship	VMP-500	Agulhas Current	Lueck	Large up/down drafts affecting fall rate; require fitting to intertial subrange
EPSILOMETER_RockallTrough	Ship	Epsilometer	Rockall Trough	Le Boyer	Strong turbulence in a canyon
AUV_MicroRider_BarentsSea	AUV	MicroRider	Barents Sea (Arctic)	Fer	Propelled vehicle
Glider_MicroRider_BarentsSea	Glider	MicroRider	Barents Sea (Arctic)	Fer
VMP6000_OgasawaraRidge	Ship	VMP-6000	Ogasawara Ridge (western Pacific)	Hibiya	Untethered; >3000 m profile
Glider_MicroRider_Shelf_Peru	Glider	MicroRider	Continental slope off Peru, eastern tropical Pacific	Dengler	Electromagnetic current meter; strong tidal currents
MSS_BalticSea	Ship	MSS	Baltic Sea	Holtermann	One good profile, one corrupted by jellyfish
MSS_ArcticOcean	Ice	MSS	Arctic Ocean	Meyer
VMP6000_NorwegianSea	Ship	VMP-6000	Norwegian Sea	Fer	In a strong & deep anticyclone, full depth (>3000 m)
Ice_VMP250upriser_ArcticOcean	Ice	VMP-250 upriser	Arctic Ocean	Fer	One good and bad profile to highlight challenges with an upriser
Moored_MicroRider_TidalChannel	Mooring	MicroRider		Lueck	Time series from a fixed point; strong tidal flow

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