Level 1 data (shear probes)

Level 1 data refers to the full resolution data in physical units, e.g. the regularly sampled time series of converted shear probe data. If needed, a transfer function for shear is given. Below, a table with parameters included in the level 1 data set is compiled. The parameter names and definitions fit the NetCDF parameter attributes.

In the standard names, "sea_water" can be replaced with "water" if working in freshwater environments. This is specified in some entries below but not all.

Dimensions

Dimension short name	description
TIME	The length of the record from turbulence (fast) data channels
TIME_*** <math>^a</math>	The length of the record from the *** sensor (e.g., CTD or SLOW)
N_SHEAR_SENSORS	number of shear channel
N_***_SENSORS	number of *** channel (e.g., N_VIB_SENSORS, N_ACC_SENSORS)

<math>^a</math> Typically we assume TIME for the fast-sampled microstructure channels, and eventually _SLOW or _CTD for slower sampled channels such as CTD and tilt sensors. If the application requires different time stamps for different sensors, this can be utilized like TIME_PITCH, TIME_ACC etc.

Required Variables

Parameter Name	Standard Name	Units of measurement	dimension
TIME	time	Days since YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z	TIME
SHEAR	sea_water_velocity_shear (or water_velocity_shear)	s-1	[TIME, N_SHEAR_SENSORS]

Optional Level 1 Variables

Parameter Name	Standard Name	Units of measurement	dimension
PSPD_REL	platform_speed_wrt_sea_water	m s-1	TIME <math>^a</math>
VIB	platform_vibration	NA	[TIME, N_VIB_SENSORS]
ACC	platform_acceleration	m s-2	[TIME <math>^b</math>, N_ACC_SENSORS]
TEMP	sea_water_temperature (water_temperature)	degree_Celsius	[TIME_CTD <math>^b</math>, N_T_SENSORS]
CNCD	sea_water_electrical_conductivity (water_electrical_conductivity)	S m-1	[TIME_CTD <math>^b</math>, N_C_SENSORS]
GRADT	temperature_gradient		[TIME, N_GRADT_SENSORS]
GRADC	conductivity_gradient		[TIME, N_GRADC_SENSORS]
PITCH	platform_pitch_angle	degree	TIME <math>^a</math>
ROLL	platform_roll_angle	degree	TIME <math>^a</math>

<math>^a</math> or TIME_SLOW or TIME_CTD
<math>^b</math> or TIME_SLOW

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