beamToXyzAdpAD2CP {oce}R Documentation

Convert From Beam to XYZ Coordinates (AD2CP adp Data)

Description

This looks at all the items in the data slot of x, to see if they contain an array named v that holds velocity. If that velocity has 4 components, and if oceCoordinate for the item is "beam", then along-beam velocity components B_1 B_2, B_3, and B_4 are converted to instrument-oriented Cartesian velocity components u v and w using the convex-geometry formulae from section 5.5 of reference 1, viz. u=ca(B_1-B_2), v=ca(B_4-B_3), w=-b(B_1+B_2+B_3+B_4). In addition to these, an estimate of the error in velocity is computed as e=d(B_1+B_2-B_3-B_4). The geometrical factors in these formulae are: a=1/(2\sin\theta) where \theta is the angle the beams make to the axial direction (which is available as x[["beamAngle"]]), b=1/(4\cos\theta), and d=a/\sqrt{2}.

Usage

beamToXyzAdpAD2CP(x, debug = getOption("oceDebug"))

Arguments

x

an adp object.

debug

an integer specifying whether debugging information is to be printed during the processing. This is a general parameter that is used by many oce functions. Generally, setting debug=0 turns off the printing, while higher values suggest that more information be printed. If one function calls another, it usually reduces the value of debug first, so that a user can often obtain deeper debugging by specifying higher debug values.

References

  1. Teledyne RD Instruments. “ADCP Coordinate Transformation: Formulas and Calculations,” January 2010. P/N 951-6079-00.

See Also

Other things related to adp data: [[,adp-method, [[<-,adp-method, ad2cpCodeToName(), ad2cpHeaderValue(), adp-class, adpAd2cpFileTrim(), adpConvertRawToNumeric(), adpEnsembleAverage(), adpFlagPastBoundary(), adpRdiFileTrim(), adp_rdi.000, adp, applyMagneticDeclination,adp-method, as.adp(), beamName(), beamToXyzAdp(), beamToXyzAdv(), beamToXyz(), beamUnspreadAdp(), binmapAdp(), enuToOtherAdp(), enuToOther(), handleFlags,adp-method, is.ad2cp(), plot,adp-method, read.adp.ad2cp(), read.adp.nortek(), read.adp.rdi(), read.adp.sontek.serial(), read.adp.sontek(), read.adp(), read.aquadoppHR(), read.aquadoppProfiler(), read.aquadopp(), rotateAboutZ(), setFlags,adp-method, subset,adp-method, subtractBottomVelocity(), summary,adp-method, toEnuAdp(), toEnu(), velocityStatistics(), xyzToEnuAdpAD2CP(), xyzToEnuAdp(), xyzToEnu()


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